The remains of a market in Maarat al-Noaman, in Syria’s northern province of Idlib, after an airstrike Tuesday. Dozens of people were reported killed. |
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Insights | Information: The Best Weapon against Radicalization
They were starved and abused. While they wouldn’t have believed any negative information about ISIS once indoctrinated, they said had they known what membership entailed
Insights | “Crude Democracy” Book Review
A woman walks past a gas pipeline near the city of Asaluyeh, Iran, Jan. 22, 2014. | Photo courtesy Xinhua News I remember once during a
Insights | Prophesying the Present: Michel Houellebecq’s “Submission”
Michel Houellebecq’s “Submission” should bear a trigger warning | Photo courtesy WSJ blogs With the French Presidential campaign in full swing, anti-Muslim sentiment has reached fever pitch
BLOCKED Muslim Ban 2.0
The author, Ionut Gitan, with his makeshift sign at JFK airport, snapped by a photographer at New York Times | Photo courtesy Victor J. Blue/NYT
Serbia and Kosovo are Pluming Their War Feathers
Photo taken in Kosovska-Mitrovica (where the train was being sent). Translated from Russian it means Kosovska Mitrovica: Kosovo is Serbian; Crimea is Russian. | Photo
Lebanon’s Confessionalism is a Bulwark Against Democracy
Two years, six months, and eight days. That was the amount of time needed for the Lebanese parliament to elect a new president. On October
The Hazards of Hillary
At the Democratic Party’s convention this past summer, Hillary Clinton recited the words of John Wesley—the 17th century founder of her Christian Methodist denomination—during her
Who is Britain’s new Prime Minister?
Before Theresa May entered 10 Downing Street as Britain’s new Prime Minister on July 13, she spoke of her commitment to making a success of