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A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
“A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.”
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American Exceptionalism and the Value of Prosperity
"American exceptionalism" was a by-product of our political institutions and unparalleled prosperity. With the latter gone, the notion is obsolete.
The first thing anyone who crosses the border illegally needs is documents that give them the false appearance of being legitimate.
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Book Review: Kidnapped: And Other Dispatches by Alan Johnston
BBC correspondent uses his own kidnapping and prior reporting to explore political issues and life in troubled regions.
Considering the forces of nature ranged against us gives pause. We should throw up. Our expectations for both present and future are barking mad.
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The Global Upside of Reaganomics
"Had an old friend, we used to be real close / Said he couldn't go on the American way..."
A BBC report on credit card details being sold from a Symantec call center in India might be shocking to some, but it only scratches the surface of the real problem.
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Book Review: Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA’s Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda by Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton, with Henry Robert Schlesinger
It’s not just magic. It’s magic on demand.
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The War on Capitalism: A Reminiscence from 2034
Is this how we'll talk about today's events to our grandkids 25 years from now?
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Note to America: Obama's Not Perfect
Our never-ending hysteria over minutia and myopic fixation on Obama's every act will ensure his - and our - failure.
BC Writer of the Day