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IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE: The US is watching years of sacrifice, casualties, and money swirl down the drain, as militant forces continue to destabilize Iraq and capture critical cities outside…

“They dance, they drum; they go on the warpath… symbolic servants, they serve as mascots and metaphors.  We rely on these images to anchor us to the land and verify…

TALIBAN TAKES FLIGHT: The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack at the country’s largest and busiest airport. This fans the flames of instability in nuclear-armed Pakistan, and again raises the…

CUTTING THE CARBS: The Environmental Protection Agency has set a goal of cutting carbon dioxide emissions by “up to” 30% by 2030. The “up to” is based on 2005 emission…

One quarter of the globe’s adult population is “deeply infected with Antisemitic attitudes,” according to a new survey published by the New York City-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The survey also found…

The two Koreas are mouthing off about each other again, so it must be a day ending in “y.” As the South investigates the appearance of mysterious crashed drones on…

Welcome to Situational Awareness, a weekly roundup of news from last week that will likely be causing sleepless nights in the future. #BRINGBACKWHOSEGIRLS? — Africa’s largest economy, the oil-rich Nigeria, this…

Welcome to Situational Awareness, a weekly roundup of news from last week that will likely be causing sleepless nights in the future.   ALAS, POOR HILLARY: Big Chief Elizabeth Warren, she…

Clippers owner Donald Sterling shouldn’t be worried that his life is over. Sure, he’s now holed up in the penthouse of a Beverly Hills office building, subsisting on pizza and…

Minutes ago Adam Silver, commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), announced that the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling, is banned for life from all NBA…