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Obama and Expectations

By chris | Published: 26 October 2009
I finished the previous post on the rather optimistic thought that Obama’s aspiration to be a president of the United States, to connect with conservatives as well as liberals, is what the times call for. This is worth looking at more closely. Firstly, there is this from Yglesias on that prize. But in semi-defense of the Nobel [...]
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Why I am a Zionist

By chris | Published: 19 October 2009
I thoroughly applauded Recip Erdogan in taking to task Israeli President Shimon Peres at Davos in January over operation Cast Lead (the Israeli assault on Gaza), so why have I recently started calling myself a Zionist? Let me explain.
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