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The last of the neo-cons

NEW YORK: With George W. Bush's presidency about to end, what will…

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Fear and Loathing in Europe

Two far-right parties, the Austrian Freedom Party and the Movement for Austria's…

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Obamamania

NEW YORK: Why do Europeans adore America's president-elect, Barack Obama? Stupid question,…

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The wrong lesson of Munich

NEW YORK: Seventy years ago this month in Munich, the British prime…

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Football nationalism

The late Arthur Koestler, born in Budapest, resident of many countries, and…

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The Empire of Human Rights

Why are French, British, and American warships, but not Chinese or Malaysian…

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Send in the Clowns

Beppo Grillo is one of Italy's most famous comics. He is also…

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The last of the Tibetans

Are the Tibetans doomed to go the way of the American Indians?…

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Liberty and Music

Ian Buruma s most recent book is Murder in Amsterdam: The Death…

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A War on Tolerance

When "tolerance becomes a term of abuse in a place like the…

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