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A few days ago, I watched the tremendously charming 2016 Ceyda Torun documentary Kedi, about the street cats of Istanbul. There are a lot. This follows the cats (often filmed at cat level) and the people who take care of them. The cats are cats--they...

Why Turkey?

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On November 24, 2022

Since turkey sucks, we should at least ask the question of why this vastly, objectively, inferior meat on Thanksgiving. The most common answer is that it is big, but that.

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Refugee Labor

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On March 1, 2017
Maybe Republicans will rethink allowing refugees from Muslims nations into the United States if they can exploit their labor for nothing, like is happening in Turkey thanks to our benevolent apparel firms and their supply chains. But child laborers are not the only issue in...

Lessons from Turkey

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On December 1, 2016

Over at my other digs, Kindred Winecoff is running a series called "World Politics in a Time of Populist Nationalism" (which, unfortunately, he's decided requires an acronym). They're all 'good' (if you.

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QOTD

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On May 21, 2014
What? Why does the United States only have the 4th highest level of income inequality in the (rather broadly defined) developed world? This nation did not steal half of Mexico in 1848 in order to see it best us in this crucial category of plutocracy....
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