International
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Power intoxicates. Unbridled power is even more inebriating. It is the license to ingest as many gallons of alcohol as one sees fit while concurrently maneuvering the controls of an aviation tanker. Alas, this sort of calamitous excess would become Moammar Gaddafi. In forty-two years of absolute and untethered reign, Colonel Gaddafi was perfectly logical
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President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to seek statehood recognition for Palestine at the United Nations this week has educed palpable emotions from parties on either side of the divide. Chief among them, the decision of the world’s sole superpower, the United States, to veto any such resolution at the Security Council. While it is widely noted
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