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How Israel Is Like an Alcoholic Mother Reuters

How Israel Is Like an Alcoholic Mother

The country's supporters still have a responsibility to curb its self-destructive behavior.

What's the End Game in the West Bank? Reuters
Anarchy in the U.K.
Show Trial in Turkey?

Show Trial in Turkey?

The Sledgehammer trial calls into question the justice of Turkey's court system

Has a Military Coup Already Happened in Egypt? Wikimedia Commons

Has a Military Coup Already Happened in Egypt?

What might explain President Mubarak's silence since the protests began last Tuesday?

Egypt Through an Egyptian's Eyes nerdcoresteve/Flickr

Egypt Through an Egyptian's Eyes

An Egyptian Copt living in America explains the protests, illuminating the complexities of political protests

When Does Rioting Work? Wikimedia Commons

When Does Rioting Work?

Most mass protests devastate neighborhoods and might produce some moderate change. Are they ever really effective?

The Problem of Policing connor395/Flickr

The Problem of Policing

Amanda Taub's response to the previous post on favelas

Where Angels, and Police, Fear to Tread Wikimedia Commons

Where Angels, and Police, Fear to Tread

James Wimberly on the fighting between police and gangs in Brazil

Facebook Killings in Colombia Todd Barnard/Flickr
Where are the Girls? CortoMaltese 1999/Flickr

Where are the Girls?

The chronicle of a polyandrous Himalayan society overlooks one important detail

Those Darn Russkis anonymous9000/Flickr

Those Darn Russkis

The strange case of the ultra secret moles

What Is Israel's Blockade For? farshadebrahimi/flickr

What Is Israel's Blockade For?

The strategy is to topple Hamas by immiserating the people who elected them

Quote of the Day Getty Images

Quote of the Day

"I was surprised and impressed that Brown did not have to be stretchered out of Number 10 under heavy sedation..."

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