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How State Secrecy Leads to War

And why Bradley Manning has done more for American security than Seal Team Six.

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Egypt’s Perils and Paradoxes

A proud civilization confronts the twin challenges of Gulf-state extremism and American pop culture

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Thatcher Goes to China

Why Edward Snowden’s place of refuge recalls the Irony Lady fondly

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What Do You Call an Endless War?

Let’s find an honest name for this conflict we’re asked to fight forever.

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Spycraft in Moscow

The wigs may seem silly, but Moscow’s exposure of CIA espionage is serious business.

adapted from Jared Rodriguez/truthout (cc)

The Left vs. the Liberal Media

Media Lens debunks the BBC’s humanitarian interventionists

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How the Iraq War Became a War on Christians

And why supporting Syria’s rebels may extinguish Christianity in its oldest environs.

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