The Afghanistan cable dated June 24th, confirms the rumor that DynCorp threw a bacha bazi ("boy-play") party for new Afghan police recruits.
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Just off the coast of Yemen, you'll the little island known as Socotra. It has been described as the most alien-looking place on the planet.
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I’m a good liberal New Yorker, and thus I justifiably expected to be horrified by bullfights or disgusted, or even left empty… not exhilarated.
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The latest failure in Washington, that of the deficit reduction “super committee” to achieve any of its tasks, is merely the most recent example...
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In September 2010, as America and the rest of the world were struggling to recover from the economic collapse, Libya urged members of the...
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The news we hear, for the most part, is not news to our genius. It is the stalest repetition.
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“Climate is gone,” said Karl Rove after last week’s Mid-term elections. He was commenting on the fact that the coming terms of office for...
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Voters are disappointed, we're told, over and over. And why wouldn't we be?Voters are disappointed, we’re told, over and over. And why...
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New York City is losing the Empire State Building. Not really, but it will be hard to tell the difference thanks to Wednesday's City...
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To quote Robert Redford, (as Bob Woodward) in “All The President’s Men”: “I don’t mind what you did. I mind the way you...
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Commercial whaling is the beating heart of a warfare of political, economic, environmental, cultural damage
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With the oceans reeking the brunt of human havoc, whether it be the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a grand accumulation of human waste traveling...
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