Funeral March to Freedom
arlington—The American military anthem “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” describes an apocalyptic vision in which Christian soldiers become the sacrificial liberators of all mankind: “As He died to make …
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Betting on Separation
How speculation on the Quebec referendum nearly ended in financial disaster
Read MoreTo Catch a Thief
Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, known to many in India as “the forest bandit,” was the target of a decades-long manhunt that saw him shot dead in Tamil Nadu in October 2004. …
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You and Whose Army?
Our last soldier in Cyprus
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The Rising Fall of the American Empire
Republican imperialism has left the US divided.
Can a United Nations initiative save America from itself?
Revenge of the Small
After a lifetime of two-party rule in Ottawa, the little guys are finally winning
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Liberation theology
in El Salvador
Poppy Fields Forever?
Booming opium production in Afghanistan is the latest—and potentially greatest—threat to the beleaguered country’s steps toward democracy.
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Moving Back to Chernobyl
chernobyl—Nineteen years after the biggest nuclear disaster in history spewed radioactive material across Europe, people are slowly moving back to Ukraine’s ground zero. Why? The region appears bucolic compared to …
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The Dictator Debt Catch
A US-brokered deal to forgive billions in Iraqi debt is causing other countries to say “me too,” even as some Iraqis wish they’d said “no thanks.”
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