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Dear Readers, I'm about to take a new position on May 22nd, and so will be going offline for the next year. I do hope to be back on...

http://observer.com/2014/05/nypl-dumps-much-maligned-42nd-street-renovation-plan/ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/arts/design/public...

We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People by Peter Van Buren ... However, blocking and redi...

The Blair Doctrine | FrontPage Magazine In his speech, Blair argues that reactionary Islamic rule is the problem, rather than mere tyranny...

http://www.tonyblairoffice.org/news/entry/why-the-middle-east-matters-keynote-speech-by-tony-blair/ Money quote: ...Finally, we ha...

http://www.libertylawsite.org/2014/04/21/losing-our-stories-losing-the-regime/ The loss of great literature in the schools and its repla...

http://wemeantwell.com/blog/2014/03/31/state-department-spends-400000-of-your-money-on-sculpture/  Peter Van Buren reports on WeMeantWell...

http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-infantile-diplomacy-behind-demonising-russia/14824 Anyone who follows the Western media c...

In this intercepted phone call (http://youtu.be/6RxSzSWbcxo) Yulia Tymoshenko, a likely Ukrainian presidential candidate (but there will be ...

JIM HENSON: THE BIOGRAPHY by Brian Jay Jones (NY: Ballantine, 2013). Reviewed by Laurence Jarvik There's a new Kermit movie at theate...

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN : Federation Council members, State Duma deputies, good afternoon.  Representatives of the Republic of C...

ClubOrlov: The Madness of President Putin : Juliette Bates [Many thanks to Max who helped put this together.] Of all the various in...

If so, this is looking a bit like the U2 crisis, without Francis Gary Powers… http://news.yahoo.com/russia-says-intercepted-us-drone-over...

http://www.wnd.com/2014/03/buzzwords-hide-truth-of-ukraine-coup/  Reading as widely on Ukraine as possible, I kept wondering why the st...