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/A satirical op-ed about the merits of invading Disney's Agrabah.
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A satirical op-ed about the merits of invading Disney's Agrabah.
Read MoreChris Hassaan Francke is annoyed that “F*ck ISIS Punch,” which comes with an optional bacon garnish, is his most famous invention.
Read MoreIslamic State militants in Raqqa, the group’s operations center in Syria, are succumbing to the flesh-eating parasitic disease leishmaniasis.
Read MoreTexans, lawmakers and “friends of Afghanistan” gathered Wednesday evening on Capitol Hill to honor Cold War-era mavericks Charlie Wilson and Gustav “Gust” Avrakotos, both dead, together with the very much still-alive Joanne Herring.
Read MoreIntensive multi-day coverage of events surrounding the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, January 2015.
Read MoreThe Australian government has an elaborate campaign, including a 600-page bureaucratic handbook, to build its international image using koalas.
Read MoreAs a blizzard brought snow to Moscow on Thursday, the usual Central Asian migrant street-cleaners were missing — the latest sign of the Russian economy’s woes.
Read MoreThe self-styled Muslim cleric at the center of the Sydney siege is eccentric and extreme, but apparently not affiliated with ISIS, according to multiple Australian outlets.
Read MoreRégis Debray, a French philosopher and political activist, has demanded that the United Nations General Assembly vote to move the organization’s headquarters to Jerusalem, “the cradle of the world’s civilizations,” calling New York a seat of Western economic and military hegemony.
Read MoreA Wonkistan discussion of food and privilege. View on YouTube.
Read MoreHeader photo: inscription in the Alhambra, Spain. Taken by me; all rights reserved.
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