Maybe there never was much hope.  But the first direct talks, with Iran, in well over a year has once again failed.  The United States and other world powers have failed to convince Iran to renounce its nuclear ambition—most especially its enrichment of uranium.  This is an increasingly unacceptable outcome, especially if the relative peace

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Identity is important: It’s the torch with which a soul must navigate many of life’s meanders; otherwise, it finds itself lost, disconnected, and without resolve in its hollow places.  At 27 years of age, few other things have defined my identity as my Nigeria. In the summer of 1993, I was barely 10 years old

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