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  • Bad Bunny or Kid Rock
    February 13, 2026

    Bad Bunny or Kid Rock

    The recent Super Bowl halftime show is akin to a bunch of kids going to fisticuffs over which Halloween candy is best.

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  • Venezuela’s Oil Revenues in Qatar: A Follow-the-Money Story with Global Stakes
    January 29, 2026

    Venezuela’s Oil Revenues in Qatar: A Follow-the-Money Story with Global Stakes

    Critics argue that there may be no clear constitutional or statutory basis for the executive branch to take control of and redirect proceeds from the sale of foreign natural resources.

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  • Venezuela, Power, and the Language of Legitimacy
    January 28, 2026

    Venezuela, Power, and the Language of Legitimacy

    “If a foreign power entered the United States and removed our president, would we consider that an act of war?”

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  • Why this Writer Chose a Pen Name
    January 28, 2026

    Why this Writer Chose a Pen Name

    A pen name, at its best, is not a mask. It’s a tool.

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  • Nostalgia is dead; Rebuilding trusted U.S. leadership is the only way forward   
    January 24, 2026

    Nostalgia is dead; Rebuilding trusted U.S. leadership is the only way forward  

    Alliances are not contracts renegotiated at will. They are built on expectations formed over decades.

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  • Living a life of oppression and sorrow to eat good food
    January 23, 2026

    Living a life of oppression and sorrow to eat good food

    We went in the back door and gathered our sleeping bags, a few blankets, our rifles and knives, and a gunnysack full of canned food.

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  • Living in Fear: A Rohingya Case
    January 22, 2026

    Living in Fear: A Rohingya Case

    With her village burning, Rajuma stood in chest-deep water clinging tightly to her 18- month-old baby.

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  • A Youthful Prank Leads to War
    January 22, 2026

    A Youthful Prank Leads to War

    The graffiti was exactly the rebellious act that President Bashar al-Assad anticipated.

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  • Come out of the cave
    January 21, 2026

    Come out of the cave

    Perhaps each of us, in some way, lives inside a modern cave: a digital feed, a curated friend list, a favorite news network, a tight circle of likeminded thinkers.

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