Month: August 2013

Women in Afghanistan

Women’s rights are obviously not at the forefront of Pashtun or Afghan culture, and I disagree with how they treat women. But I think it will take some time for the culture to change. I don’t think it is some kind of...

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Serious Question

I’m not sure if this is reality-based, but I like it. Representative Peter Welch, Democrat of Vermont, pressed the president for his strategy in the face of signals by Republicans that they would demand serious concessions...

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Did People Die Because of Manning?

There’s been a lot of speculation that Manning’s release of documents to WikiLeaks and their subsequent publication caused the deaths of US intelligence assets. We recently saw this in a front page story: Bradley...

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Not The Onion Headline of the Day

Clarence Thomas’ wife sparks effort to impose tougher Supreme Court ethics Last week it was revealed that Thomas’ wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, was part of a secret group that hoped to advance the conservative agenda. She had...

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