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War in Iran: When ‘operations’ kill — The permanent harm behind sanitized violence
War in Iran: When ‘operations’ kill — The permanent harm behind sanitized violence by George Cassidy Payne 742 words When a bomb falls on a school, a hospital, or a home, no euphemism can soften the truth. Babies die in incubators. Teenage girls die in classrooms. Civilians experience violence not as a “military operation” or
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Iran nuclear bomb bad, Saudi Arabia nuclear bomb good?
Iran nuclear bomb bad, Saudi Arabia nuclear bomb good? by Kary Love 748 words I admit I am confused. Trump, not the US Congress, declared war on Iran to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon by using its civilian nuclear reactor program to make a bomb. Nuclear weapons are bad, arguably evil, so to
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The wounds behind the strongman
The wounds behind the strongman by Rob Okun 834 words I’ve spent decades writing about men—how we’re shaped, how we’re wounded, and how too often those wounds are mistaken for strength. (I’ve also chronicled how a growing movement of men has been redefining manhood and masculinity.) The wounds, though, and what we are witnessing today, are both