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At the Onset of Winter, Questions for a Bullish Movement

by Todd Gitlin | Dec 1, 2011 | Culture, Economy

It’s been ten weeks since, on September 17, a few hundred pioneers plunked themselves down in Zuccotti Park (more a patch of sunless concrete than a park, actually), renaming it Liberty Square and turning it into a sort of communal homestead and visible sore spot, reminding those who needed reminding that the wildness of markets […]

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How Will We Remember Operation Iraqi Freedom?

by John Tirman | Nov 15, 2011 | Foreign Policy, Politics

Everything about the war — its origins, its course, its failures and achievements — is contested. But it has already been placed in a frame that portrays it, like U.S. wars in Korea and Vietnam, as a mistake born of good intentions, ennobled by brave soldiers and mangled by confused and self-interested politicians. A small […]

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Left Behind / The Price of Peace / Defining “Win”

by WS Editors | Nov 15, 2011 | Foreign Policy

Almost 700 foreign service officers. The largest embassy ever built, and four satellite locations. A State Department Air Force consisting of a fixed-wing fleet of four turboprops and enough helicopters to reinvade Grenada (should Rick Perry be elected president): 14 UH-1N Twin Huey helicopters to be augmented by 20 Sikorsky S-61 helicopters, and 24 Sikorsky […]

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Known Unknowns / The Fight Club

by WS Editors | Nov 15, 2011 | Politics

Let’s assume this is a two-man race, as none of the second-tier candidates appear capable of competing with Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. Are we forgetting Herman Cain? And his evolving thinking on foreign policy? “When they ask me who is the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki stan-stan,” Cain said, “I’m going to say, ‘[Y]ou know, I […]

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From Zero to 20,000 On Wall Street

by WS Editors | Nov 1, 2011 | Economy, Legal Affairs

She composed herself, told me to read Ross Sorkin’s article in the Times, and turned her attention to the two young women leading the general assembly. After watching this movement from up close for two days in October, as well as from afar, I find myself in agreement with the government regulator who feels compelled […]

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Bad Faith Documentary

Bad Faith

“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns

Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones

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“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024”Variety

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