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The self-proclaimed radical transparency activist who wants to hold the world's right and powerful accountable is getting awfully chummy with Putin & Co...
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"Yeah, sure he's not that good. But he's a man of such deep faith!"
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Should we take Apollo astronauts' advice and send our politicians into space to give them a sense of scale?
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel are completely out of control according to the secular Israelis who have to share a country with them.
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The world is exploding with protests. Considering its current state, we should be surprised there weren't even more.
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Ignore the manufactured acrimony and bloviators preaching how to properly celebrate Christmas. Just enjoy the holiday.
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According to the Kremlin, David Icke isn't a wide-eyed conspiracy theorist preaching about immortal alien lizards running the Earth but a serious political scientist.
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We don't know what will happen to North Korea now that Kim Jong Il is dead, but we know it's not going to be good.
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R.I.P. Christopher Hitchens, 04.13.1949 - 12.15.2011
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The Arab Spring is not turning the Middle East into a hotbed of secularism. But given the history and demographics of the region, it would be strange to expect it to.