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In an easy-to-miss two-line order in its shadow docket, the US Supreme Court just vacated the corruption conviction of a local official, raising…
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Lebanon sits today not merely at the edge of war, but at the fault line of an ideaāan idea that has outlived…
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While the original whitewashing was simply the painting of a surface ā such as a house ā with a lime-based mixture for…
There is a publishing house in Germany called Unrast Verlag that recently came to my attention. From its web site, I think…
The international liberal commentariat is celebrating again. Viktor OrbĆ”n, the long-reigning right-wing strongman of Hungary, has been defeated in the April 2026…
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