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Iran Review, August 22 2013: … The U.S. move to delist the MEK was a very hypocritical move—and even a very stupid move.  It was based on a passionate but irrational dependence on Israel, large amounts of money changing hands, and an...

Brand is the be-all-end-all of Donald Trump. And the core of Trump’s brand is that squinty, jut-jowled, unreflective scowl, the Dirty Harry stare he insists on plastering everywhere — book covers, posters, his website—because it advertises his most marketable...

EMERSON T. BROOKING AND P. W. SINGER NOVEMBER 2016 Direct link to the publisher – Like most every­thing today, the campaign was launched with a hashtag. But instead of promoting a new album or a movie release, #AllEyesOnISIS announced the 2014 invasion...

The US presidential election is in 2 days. I think I speak for most everyone when I say: WHEW. THANK ALL RELEVANT DEITIES THIS FUCKING THING IS ALMOST OVER. This election has been a ghastly spectacle—an inescapable carnival of bullshit that has haunted...

This New Yorker story about a fatal police shooting could have seemed like “same old, same old.” After all, I’ve consumed (and sometimes written) countless death-by-cop sagas during my 50 years as a journalist. But Rachel Aviv’s narrative stands out...