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President Richard Nixon is most remembered for the Watergate scandal; the iconic words “I am not a crook,” have captivated the popular imagination since his nationally televised press conference in 1973. This [...]
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“I’m gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled.” – Jackie Chan
The Great Firewall is probably the best-known feature of the complex censorship system in China. It’s how the Chinese [...]
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Transgender privileges have become a linchpin issue for progressives. Of course, transgender people deserve the same rights as everybody else in a civilized society. But through sleight of hand, left-wing gender [...]
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September 11, 2001 changed a lot of things for a lot of people. I’m no exception.
Up until that monumental event I was only marginally political; I read the news, but hadn’t yet formed any sort of cohesive ideology. [...]
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Reliable Sources, a CNN news show emblematic of the mainstream media’s charade of objectivity, has a recurring motif: telling us what to think while pretending to seek honest answers to persistent questions. The [...]
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Horse trading is the oxygen of politics; it is how politicians are persuaded to care about things that otherwise would not make their radar. Not only does it happen all the time, but it is a core feature of our [...]
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Has Hillary Clinton completely lost it? Or is her tendency to say incalculably stupid things part of a larger political strategy that the former first lady is reluctant to share or perhaps even acknowledge? President [...]
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Recently, Americans received a wake-up call about the ascendant soft power of China. After Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, was chastised by the Chinese government for tweeting out support [...]
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Extinction Rebellion is all over the news. From Greta Thunberg’s countless appearances on frontpage covers of magazines to the road-blocking stunts the group pulled across Washington D.C., Extinction Rebellion’s [...]
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Evidence of technology’s influence in politics is everywhere. In most cases, it is presented as a clear and imminent threat to the foundations of democratic institutions. From fears of election-hacking and data-surveillance [...]
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