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Two unforgettable tales at Toronto

The Toronto International Film Festival featured two impressive stories about music and the trials of surviving in the music world. In the elegiac “The Violin,” Plutarco is an aged and humble violinist with one hand missing....

Just say no to war on Iran

A new U.S. intelligence report, representing the consensus of all 16 intelligence agencies, comes to the same conclusion many have known for a long time: The Iraq war isn’t making us safer. It’s putting us all...

Ahmadinejad and Bush: twin deceivers

Iran’s nuclear issue has preoccupied the international community for more than two years. Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s administration is tightening its oppressive, suffocating grip on every aspect of life in Iran. Workers, women, youth and...

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South Dakota ban: taking the long view

On March 6, South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds signed a law banning nearly all abortions in the state—the most restrictive state measure enacted since Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide. The ban, which was scheduled to...