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What’s Up with the Chinese Internets?
For the last six weeks the Chinese internets has been a bit spotty, at least everywhere I’ve used it. It seems like a lot of sites are getting the “BBC” treatment. This means you can connect to the front page, but none of the links actually work. I’ve been using the proxy server Anonymouse, which [...]
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The Quick Palestinian-Israeli Fix
March 19th, 2003: President Bush announces in a joint press conference with Israeli and Palestinian leaders that the two sides would enter peace talks in Annapolis, Maryland.
July 27th 2003: President Bush announces that a framework for a two-state solution has been reached. Both Palestinian and hard-right Israeli protesters take to the streets as details emerge, [...]
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What is the Value of Living Abroad?
Recently Hillary Clinton mocked Barack Obama for saying his time living abroad has value when it comes to foreign policy. Yet, as someone who has lived abroad more than 15% of his life, I think that the experience contributes tremendously to understanding how foreign policy affects people outside of the US, and almost as importantly, [...]
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John Edwards, Lost Soul, or No Soul?
I remember thinking to myself in 2004 that if John Kerry picked Dick Gephardt to be his running mate it would be another in a series of uninspired moves. Kerry was always my choice to be president, long before he emerged in Iowa, but he had a knack for making baffling choices. Like voting for [...]
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A Vote for Stephen Colbert is a Vote for the Enemy
Stephen Colbert is a brilliant and hilarious comedian. His work on The Colbert Report is a remarkably cutting counterpoint to right-wing TV hosts like O’Reilly. He manages to make them look ridiculous without ever confronting or attacking them. Instead he imitates their machismo self-confidence in a way that makes it clear no level-headed person could [...]
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Politicians Know Nothing about China
Yesterday I was listening to Real Time with Bill Maher when I heard former Democratic Presidential candidate, and ardent Hillary Clinton supporter, General Wesley Clark, make one of the weirdest statements I have ever heard about China. The panelists were discussing whether non-US born American citizens should be able to run for the White House [...]
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