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50 Shades of Gray

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On September 6, 2013
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I like looking at interior design magazines. Looking, only looking. I've tried reading them and just can't. They're all written in this incredibly assholish, un-self-aware manner.  I understand why most of the homes featured in these magazines belong to the moneyed elite--they're the ones who have...

Constrain! Restrain!

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In Robert Farley
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On September 6, 2013
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Over at the Diplomat I look into whether adherence to an expansive understanding of the War Powers Resolution could constrain US alliance commitments in East Asia. Short answer: Not very much. President Obama’s decision to seek Congressional authorization for military action against Syria has renewed discussion...

“Only Way to Be Sure”

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In Robert Farley
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On September 5, 2013
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen kills parody, exhumes its corpse, incinerates the body, disperses its ashes across the Afar Depression, then nukes it from orbit. ROS-LEHTINEN: It is against the norms of international standards and to let something like this go unanswered, I think will weaken our resolve. I...
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