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Sugar Water: Promise Some Peace, Win a Prize!

Robert Cass October 12, 2009 25

President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a decision that instantly created controversy. For one thing, Tina Fey wasn’t even nominated. For another, Obama’s been president less than nine months, and

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Political Culture: Peter Buffett’s Activism Through Music … And $$$$$$

Jon Cummings April 2, 2009 0

Those clunky translation earpieces were nowhere to be found last Thursday night in the United Nations General Assembly, as a multinational assemblage of talent and star power filled the great hall with music and

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Political Culture: Can Obama Do Anything About Darfur?

Jon Cummings March 12, 2009 5

In Rod Lurie’s first political potboiler, Deterrence, a U.S. president audaciously entered a nuclear confrontation with a newly aggressive (and surprisingly well-armed) Saddam Hussein. While hardly an original concept in 2000, the year of

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