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Cluster Bombs vs. Open Hearts
Cluster Bombs vs. Open Hearts by Robert C. Koehler 967 words Mine! Mine! Mine! Praise God . . . This is perhaps the worst thing human beings do: They take their deepest values — connection, love, empathy — simplify them down to a religion, a name (Christianity, let us say, or Judaism, or whatever) and
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India, Israel, and America’s Double Standard
India, Israel, and America’s Double Standard by Mel Gurtov 866 words India is hailed as the world’s biggest democracy, and Israel as the only democracy in the Middle East. Yet both are led by authoritarian rulers who are far more interested in crushing opponents than in promoting democracy. This reality should be sobering for US
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What the analysts leave out
What the analysts leave out by Winslow Myers 900 words The conservative columnist George Will wrote a very welcome column calling attention to a book, Nuclear War: A Scenario by historian Annie Jacobsen, a riveting must-read that details just how easily deterrence could unravel, how fast and irreversibly escalation would occur, and how compete the destruction would be. But