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Bibi Netanyahu has set a new record for Chutzpah
With his latest crass interference in US politics, he may have dug a deep hole for himself—and for America’s Israel lobby.
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Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression
Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith.
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US green cards go to the few: one-third of Latin Americans rejected, 90% of Asians accepted
Asians and Canadians enjoy a nearly 90% approval rate for green cards as opposed to Latin Americans’ 66.8%, though rules says immigrants’ nationality shouldn’t matter.
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Charlie Hebdo massacre is one of many assaults on free expression
There are quite definitely two ways about it: terrorism is not terrorism when a much more severe terrorist attack is carried out by those who are Righteous by virtue of their power.
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5 years after Haiti’s earthquake, urgent needs persist
While the international community pledged over $10 billion for relief and reconstruction following the quake, much of that assistance ultimately went to agencies and contractors from…
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Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie
When the only thing you’re reverent of is irreverence, you eventually get chan culture—people who shout racial slurs and think they’ve accomplished something in the name of 'free…
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Democracy in the twenty-first century
The main question confronting us today is not really about capital in the twenty-first century. It is about democracy in the twenty-first century.
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Iraq and Syria’s deadly 2014
Both Iraq and Syria faced devastating levels of killings in 2014.
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Israel: For Palestine, not even a symbolic state
It's that time of the year when everyone writes about the most important events of the last twelve months. The more audacious may go out on a limb and predict what will happen in the…
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‘Offended,’ Israel won’t publicly support Obama’s initiative
Left in the dark over Washington’s reunification plans with Havana, while not wanting to alienate key Republican allies, Israel has opted not to publicly support the Obama…
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