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5 Facts About the Kim Dynasty of North Korea 0
- Politics
- June 12, 2018
President Trump began a historic summit with the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Here are five facts you should know about the Kim family, the secretive autocratic regime that has ruled North Korea for more than sixty years. (Note: To avoid confusion, I’ve labeled each of the Kim dictators with a numeric designation: Kim
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The Miss America Cover-Up: ‘We are no longer a pageant’0
- Entertainment
- June 12, 2018
First the Barbie makeover, now this. The Miss America Pageant announced last week that it will no longer be a pageant, a word which the Macmillan Dictionary defines as “a competition between young women in which judges decide who is the most beautiful.” “We are no longer a pageant; we are a competition. We will no
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The Degenderettes: How a Violent ‘Art Show’ Is Seeking to Silence Women 0
- Culture
- June 12, 2018
For those who do not use social media, the word “TERF” (which stands for “Trans Exclusive Radical Feminist”) might be disorienting. Thanks to its relatively recent and ferocious introduction into mainstream media, however, the term is gaining widespread use, including news stories about celebrities sporting a signature hairstyle known as “TERF bangs.” The function of
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How Hitler Could Regret He’d ‘Been So Kind’ in a Letter Days Before His Death 1
- History
- June 12, 2018
In a bunker in Berlin on April 27, 1945, just three days before he’d take his own life—either by cyanide or the pistol (historians still debate which killed him)—Adolf Hitler reflected on his shattered dream of creating a thousand-year Third Reich. As the Red Army encircled the German capital, the 56-year-old Hitler, weary and defeated,
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Thank God Trump Isn’t a Foreign Policy Expert 0
- Politics
- June 12, 2018
Over the last century, the world has witnessed the slow but steady depoliticization of America and Western Europe in favor of the rule of the apolitical “expert.” The great challenge of our era is to foster the return of actual political life between the people and their elected officials. President Trump’s summit with Kim Jong-un
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Suicide: I’ve Heard its Siren Call 0
- Culture
- June 11, 2018
For ten years now, I have suffered from chronic pain after ripping apart my abdominal wall, causing permanent nerve damage. I generally keep it private, but in the face of the mounting despair and hopelessness in our society, I feel I ought to pull back the veil. One day I was fine, wrenching a toilet
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