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See Rift Between Trump and Europe Is Now Open and Angry in the New York Times. . ... Do follow up my last post on the true meaning of “centrism” by reading Michael Tomasky’s “The Real Legacy of the 1970s” at the New York Times.  ..

brexit breaks a prime minister

On May 12, the New York Times reported that “a constellation of websites and social media accounts linked to Russia or far-right groups is spreading disinformation, encouraging discord and amplifying distrust in the centrist parties that have governed for decades.” . ..

vilification, indoctrination, corroboration -

Back in the ’70s, while doing doctoral studies at the Kevorkian Center For Near Eastern Studies (a consortium of Princeton, Columbia, and New York Universities at that time based at N.Y.U’s Washington Square campus), I had the privilege of having Dr. ..

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court battles over trump’s ‘emergency’ are just getting started

The outlook for the cases isn’t clear — and won’t just rest on the big constitutional question at hand: While Trump declaration is the first time a national emergency has been used to secure funding for a specific policy objective rejected by Congress, experts say the outcome in court “may turn less..

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