IN THE EVENING of December 23, 2015, the lights went out in parts of Ukraine, plunging more than 225,000 households into darkness. In itself, a blackout in that part of the world might not have […]
As his army blatantly annexed Crimea, Vladimir Putin went on TV and, with a smirk, told the world there were no Russian soldiers in Ukraine. He wasn’t lying so much as saying the truth doesn’t […]
The author claims that we should stop treating terrorism as exceptional and learn to deal with it more intelligently. Contains some good ideas, although I disagree with some of them, like funding “moderate” Muslims: we’ve […]
They’re turning the web into a cesspool of aggression and violence. What watching them is doing to the rest of us may be even worse Source: How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet | TIME
After simmering for nine months, the tension between Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and the country’s highest court, the Constitutional Tribunal, is coming to a boil. Source: Poland’s Constitutional Crisis | Foreign Affairs
Brexit is a gift that keeps giving – and Putin will reap his rewards for years to come. Brits and the rest of the EU – not so much. Vladimir Putin will exploit Brexit in […]
The towering hypocrisy of the left’s support for the burkini and all the manifestations of Islamist fanaticism Anti-extremist campaigner Maajid Nawaz embodies grievances that liberals claim to care about. So why is he being viciously […]
Russian corruption is hardly new. In one form or another, cheating has been characteristic of the Russian state at least since 1648, when a new universal tax prompted what historians believe to have been the […]
Sometime in the 100 years since the Sykes-Picot agreement was signed, invoking its “end” became a thing among commentators, journalists, and analysts of the Middle… Source: Don’t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East’s Mess | […]
How a strange new class of media outlet has arisen to take over our news feeds. Source: Inside Facebook’s (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine
Life working for Snopes, in the service of facts. Source: Someone is wrong on the Internet. That’s where I come in. – The Washington Post
Doubt about religion is creating a huge divide between me and those I call my own, why do I need to use scripture to support my arguments for development? Source: Secret aid worker: I want […]
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