Iraq is making record profits while we're just pouring money down the drain.
Read more »How Marriage Changes You
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A really moving first-person account from Bob Morris: In a voice as clear and resonant as any wedding chime, she told us that marriage is a choice people make to love each other, even in difficult times when we don’t...
Read more »Walzer On Russia
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Worth a read: The invasion may not turn out to be a victory for Russia. The most heartening moment in the last week was the arrival in Tbilisi on Tuesday of the presidents of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, and Poland...
Read more »HIV Travel Ban Update
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By Patrick Appel From the Immigration Equality blog: When the President signs the Pepfar bill (which could be as early as this Wednesday) the statutory HIV ban will be removed. That is, the HIV ban will no longer be written...
Read more »A Surge Of Distortions
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By Daniel Larison Speaking of the "surge," I heartily recommend my TAC colleague Kelley Vlahos' post on the "surge"-as-Republican loyalty test, but I would just add that there is nothing terribly new about this test. From the moment that the...
Read more »Senate Bill 420
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By Patrick Appel A bit of David Samuels's article in the New Yorker on medical marijuana in California: The limited legal protections afforded to pot growers and dispensary owners have turned marijuana cultivation and distribution in California into a classic...
Read more »An Old, Old Story
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by hilzoy Isaac Chotiner at The Plank found -- well, read it for yourself: "A cry for help goes out from a city beleaguered by violence and fear: A beam of light flashed into the night sky, the dark symbol...
Read more »Party Drugs
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by hilzoy Irin News reports on a little-known side effect of the market for Ecstasy: "The production of sassafras oil, which is used to make the recreational drug ecstasy, in southwest Cambodia, is destroying trees, the livelihoods of local inhabitants...
Read more »A History Of Hooch
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Sam Anderson reviews Iain Gately’s book Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol: Alcoholic tastes, throughout history, are surprisingly diverse. The Greeks drank wine (mixed with water, spices, and honey) constantly, a tradition the Romans inherited and spread to the far...
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