Politics

  • Putin and the Pussy Riot

    I learned a valuable lesson in the fall of 2003. For a 20-year-old, it vulgarly and violently shattered whatever cemented notions I held of power. Literary texts and other conventional sources of wisdom that had helped crystallize a young man’s idealistic view of power suddenly became limp. Only one thing, and one thing now means

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  • Obama Survives

    It is silly. And yet inconceivable that every election cycle, rhetoric from party henchmen and unhushing TV/radio talk show hosts, will not sound the same – This is the most important election in our lifetime. If you happened to be a newbie to politics, it is easy to think that somehow previous elections have been

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