How can you find your way when the situation is so bleak and advocates on both sides are so repugnant?
America and the World
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This Is Your Brain on War: A Dispatch From Jerusalem
Why both sides in the Gaza conflict saw irrational decisions as reasonable
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7 Foreign Policy Crises That Show Republicans Prefer Disaster to Solutions
Leaders like Cheney seem more concerned with appearing muscular than solving global conflicts. In fact, attempt a solution, and you’ll be called weak.
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Are the Media Reporting the Gaza War Fairly?
All the skillful propaganda in the world can’t counteract the reality on the ground.
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Moral Responsibility and the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
As common as the claim is, we can’t judge one side’s actions by what the other side does.
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Argentina’s Loss to Germany Nothing Compared to Financial Rout By U.S.
As Merkel starves ailing European economies, SCOTUS is doing worse to Argentina’s.
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Alabama Steelworkers Fight for Their Jobs, Threatened By Korea Trade Ruling
The steel industry is under attack by the selling or “dumping” of foreign steel, says the Alliance for American Manufacturing.
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Posture on Kidnapped Israelis Could Lead to Conflagration
In a region already in flames, a Palestinian terror attack and Israel’s response could light another fire.
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Why China Has Strikes Without Unions
By eschewing the role of dissident, organizers allow the Communist Party to respond either favorably or neutrally to their actions, rather than repressing them.
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Epic! Cheney Made to Answer to Paul Waldman’s Assessment of Iraq Record
In an epic bit of television, Fox News’ Megyn Kelly reads Waldman’s critique of Cheney’s Iraq record to the former vice president on the air—and demands a reaction.
