As Iowa readies its inexcusably and alarmingly undemocratic caucuses to kick off the two major American parties’ presidential nomination process, culminating in…
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Beyond any shadow of a doubt, Republicans set out to tear down and disgrace Hillary Clinton with the Benghazi hearing…
How three TV shows illustrate critical dynamics of the Syrian Civil War and how two books show us why we need to…
In this three-part series, we look at the candidacy of the new darling of the Republican Party, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina. …
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The first debate(s) showed us that the Republicans are often in a war between substance and style. Can a candidate…
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Top ten political and foreign policy lessons from Game of Thrones, or, how Game of Thrones can rescue us from…
They ain’t pretty, but these 5 lessons Netflix’s House of Cards teaches would allow the American public to grow up…
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Fascism comes in many forms; if Hitler and genocide can be one end of the spectrum, there’s plenty of room…