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By Petrarch | Jun 11, 2008 |
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The days of Westerners traveling with safety, even in benighted lands, are over.
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By Petrarch | May 20, 2008 |
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China's masters are starting to act like they care about ordinary Chinese. Quite a new leaf for Communists.
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By Petrarch | May 12, 2008 |
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There are many places around the world where we should "Do Something!"
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By Petrarch | Feb 22, 2008 |
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It's interesting that Bill Clinton is not called the first African-American president.
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By Petrarch | Feb 19, 2008 |
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There is one way in which we can help the Cuban people, and that is by immediately and unilaterally ending the embargo that has been in place for all these years.
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By Petrarch | Feb 5, 2008 |
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Americans complain about the lack of true leaders and of today's poll-driven politicians. But if American is a democracy, isn't that exactly how it is supposed to work?
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By Petrarch | Jan 24, 2008 |
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George W Bush, lambasted as the destroyer of peace in the Middle East, may preside over the most welcome development there since the Second World War.
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By Demosthenes | Dec 31, 2007 |
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The recent, less-than-informed coverage of the death of Benazir Bhutto reminds us of Neville Chamberlain's infamous comment about Czechsolovakia as " a faraway country about which we know nothing."
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By Petrarch | Dec 5, 2007 |
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By taking this preposterous action, the CIA has provided a signal service.
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By Petrarch | Nov 26, 2007 |
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Unlimited money, unlimited visibility, unlimited clout - what could possibly go wrong?