Or, how democracy promoters learned to stop worrying and love authoritarianism
National Security
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Ed Davis’s Minority Report
The Boston police commissioner is being floated as a potential nominee for head of Homeland Security, but there’s trouble at home, with allegations of rampant racial discrimination in his force.
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The NSA Can’t Be Trusted
If 2,776 violations can occur when NSA agents are trying to follow the law in good faith, consider the dangers posed by personnel who aren’t acting in good faith.
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President Obama Wants to Talk to You
We can have a conversation about it, but the spying isn’t going to stop.
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Neocons vs. Non-Interventionists: Let the Games Begin!
The GOP foreign-policy establishment begins drawing ideological lines in the sand.
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Threat of Terrorism Still Making People Stupid
Is it too much to ask for partisans to just say that something, anything, isn’t evidence that their opponents are terrible people?
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Kerry’s Heavy Lifting Begins on Israel-Palestine
Preliminary peace talks begin in Washington next week amid hopes that the U.S.’s efforts will engender much-needed change in the region.
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Pray the Atheists Away
Several representatives tried to add nonreligious chaplains to the ranks of the military. You can imagine how that played out in the conservative and easily angered House.
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Congress Tells NSA to Keep Up the Good Work
A rare moment of bipartisanship, and a coalition of conservatives and liberals trying to rein in the NSA is foiled by a slightly larger coalition of conservatives and liberals.
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Liz and Dick
With the help of her powerful father, Liz Cheney is running for Senate and setting off the next round of an intra-GOP fight over foreign policy.
