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Following up to my earlier post, some discussion of the international reaction to Kosovar independence.At the moment, 43 countries have recognized Kosovo s independence. (I m defining country

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Jared Bernstein tells us that Mark Schmitt writes, apropos of the execrable David Brooks:Brooks also completely mishandles the analysis of Obama's donors that is at the heart of the column. First,he m

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It begins:Put the fireworks in storage.Cancel the parade.Tuck the soaring speeches in a drawer for another time.This year, America doesn t deserve to celebrate its birthday. This Fourth of July shou

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I've written here and here about the Writing 5 course at Dartmouth, one that most freshmen are required to take. My thesis is that by using ideologically-charged subjects, taught in many cases by id

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Wesley Clark has made the rounds of just about every talk show on television over the last 24 hours, repeating his attack on John McCain as lacking the executive experience needed to be President. It

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IRAN UPDATE....Iran is on a charm offensive. Ali Akbar Velayati, the top foreign policy advisor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei which makes him someone with actual authority basically

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Well, I did it last year. Now, it looks like others are joining me.Long associated with counterculture, risk and rebellion, the motorcycle is being embraced by a growing contingent of Washington area

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LEARNING FROM THE BEST....The New York Times reports today that many of the coercive interrogation techniques used at Guant namo Bay were taken from a chart in a 1956 Air Force study called Communis

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I went to the shoe store in town, this evening. That's where a former student of mine works. He promised to give me a great deal on some shoes The ones I'm wearing I've had for about three years, and

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Anybody who s interested in Kosovo has long since bookmarked this incredibly useful page. Scroll down a bit and you ll see that it lists every country that has recognized Kosovo (current tally: 4