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How Israel Is Like an Alcoholic Mother
The country's supporters still have a responsibility to curb its self-destructive behavior.
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The country's supporters still have a responsibility to curb its self-destructive behavior.
The Sledgehammer trial calls into question the justice of Turkey's court system
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What might explain President Mubarak's silence since the protests began last Tuesday?
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An Egyptian Copt living in America explains the protests, illuminating the complexities of political protests
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Most mass protests devastate neighborhoods and might produce some moderate change. Are they ever really effective?
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Amanda Taub's response to the previous post on favelas
James Wimberly on the fighting between police and gangs in Brazil
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The chronicle of a polyandrous Himalayan society overlooks one important detail
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The strange case of the ultra secret moles
The strategy is to topple Hamas by immiserating the people who elected them
"I was surprised and impressed that Brown did not have to be stretchered out of Number 10 under heavy sedation..."
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