Analysis
Mandela – schmaltzy icon or revolutionary leader?
August 9, 2013Sooner or later the news will break that Nelson Mandela has died, and the frenzy whipped up by the media about 'what will happen next' will resume.
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The annual budget kabuki is not kabuki this year
August 8, 2013For the past several years the winter months in Washington have been consumed in political showdowns over the federal budget.
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Who says a two-state solution is dead?
August 8, 2013It is now fashionable to say that "the two-state solution is dead." Why dead? How dead?
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“World War Z” as World War Proletariat
August 7, 2013If you're tired of hearing about zombies...that's probably too bad. America's most popular monster shows no sign of shambling away quietly.
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“Wolverine” sequel is much sharper than the first
August 6, 2013The follow-up to the abysmal 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which royally ticked off fans and critics alike, The Wolverine fixed everything that was wrong with the eponymous character's story.
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