In the early 1960s, President John F. Kennedy faced an intricate geopolitical situation, one that entangled his administration with Israel’s covert nuclear ambitions. At the heart of this conflict was Israel’s nuclear
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new Spinosaurus species, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in the Sahara Desert of Niger, the first significant cranial material found in over a century. The discovery, made in
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In a refined café inside the Imperial Hotel Tokyo, where diplomats, executives, and elegantly dressed patrons move with ritual precision, 57-year-old Miki Yamagishi appears indistinguishable from any other middle-class customer enjoying an
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The current liberal surge feels real, a swell in public sentiment that suggests energy and possibility. Polling numbers rise, and political commentators point to renewed enthusiasm for Democrats, but beneath the surface,
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S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia, undoubtedly the premier Anglican school in Sri Lanka, has entered its 175th milestone, creating a jubilant moment for past and present Thomians to rally around their college
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As America begins to celebrate our 250th anniversary, I’m pleased to have been asked to write about George Washington’s leadership. As president, I found great comfort and inspiration in reading about my predecessors
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During a talk in Bozeman, Montana, last week, I was asked to give examples of when Hannah Arendt was wrong. The question is disarmingly simple. She was hardly infallible. She made mistakes.
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Philippe Sands’s 38 Londres Street is ostensibly an investigation into two notorious men—Augusto Pinochet and Walther Rauff—but its deeper subject is something far more unsettling: the astonishing durability of impunity. Sands has
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Summary: In this satirical and philosophical essay, Martina Moneke imagines “resurrecting” the 19th-century Whig Party as a model for today’s fractured American politics. She opens with a critique of the nation’s obsession with
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A great-grandson of Benito Mussolini has sparked controversy in Italy by defending the legacy of the fascist dictator in a new book, claiming that the regime was “not so bad” and that
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On the anniversary of the 1979 revolution that transformed Iran from a monarchy into an Islamic republic, the country finds itself haunted by striking historical parallels. Reporting highlighted by The Times (UK)
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