Why the new pope’s tenure may be less liberal but more countercultural than it seems. Â
America and the World
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Disrespecting Your Defender
As he insults the Obama administration, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon weakens his own country.
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Daily Meme: The Crimean War 2.0
Diplomatic hell broke out this weekend when the citizens of Crimea, the southwestern region of Ukraine at the center of a standoff between Russia and the West, voted to secede and join Russia. Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin formally reclaimed Crimea and gave a speech which The New York Times characterized as “emotional”: “‘Crimea has […]
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The Imagined Reagan Will Live Forever
John McCain accuses other Republicans of being insufficiently Reaganish, despite what Ronald Reagan actually was.
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Tolerance For the Non-Religious, Here and Around the World
As on most things religious, the United States is an outlier.
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Dealing with Iran’s Two Faces
The U.S. can keep talking to Iran about nukes even while pressuring them on terrorism.
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Daily Meme: Vladimir Putin is Delusional Like a Fox
In the wee hours of yesterday morning, while you were still blissfully asleep, Russia’s president and tiger-fighter-in-chief, Vladimir Putin, gave a strange, rambling press conference. In it, he insisted to reporters that there were no Russian troops on the ground in Crimea, and likened U.S. foreign policy to a dark science experiment. “They sit there […]
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Time to Dump “Pro-Israel”
There’s never anything to be gained by debating who’s “pro-Israel” and who’s “anti-Israel.”Â
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Conservatives Condemn Weak Weakness of Weakling Obama
Did we mention that they’re saying he’s weak? Well they are. Weak, weak, weak.
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Will Iraq Break a U.N. Arms Embargo On Iran?
A reported deal between the countries once again reveals how American politicians who supported the Iraq invasion refuse to take responsibility for the fallout.
