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
Read MoreA Mass for Romero
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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Desperately Seeking Ideas
Politics has been reduced to a guessing game about what voters want. Here’s a thought: how about an election fought on real issues
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Missing Mordecai
The Pope. Prince Rainier. Terri Schiavo. Numerous murders in Toronto the Good. More Iraqis. Satire. Context. Vocabulary. Death, not rebirth, seemed to haunt the news this spring, and it was …
Read MoreA Sidewalk Tour of Yucatán
The character and history of Mérida in Mexico is enshrined in its limestone walls and walkways. / Photo by Neil Beer/corbis mérida—The best way to see Mérida, the heat-smitten capital …
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