The phony mystery of why ‘they’ hate us
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What do Barack Obama and Donald Trump have in common? Among other things, they have — or pretend to have — no clue why some Muslims hate us.
Search Results for Israel
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Asymmetrical war against the Muslim world
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The demagogic exaggeration of the “terrorist threat,” which was the centerpiece of the last Republican debates, is easily deflated with just a moment’s thought.
Alon Ben-Meir: In the grip of powerful illusions
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The belief that by expanding the settlements Israel will augment its national security and maintain its hold on the entire land is an illusion of tomorrow.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Live coverage of the CNN Republican Debate
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Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham leads our live coverage of the Dec. 15 CNN Republican Debate.
Why Assad isn’t ‘Our son of a bitch’
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While Franklin Roosevelt may not have said that Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza “may be a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch,” he probably thought it.
Undocumented immigrants arrested in Waynesboro on weapons charges
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The Waynesboro Police Department arrested three undocumented immigrants from Mexico Friday afternoon when they were stopped on a traffic stop with a semi-automatic handgun among them.
House Republicans file first legislation of 2016 General Assembly session
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Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates pre-filed the first legislation of the 2016 General Assembly session Monday, laying the foundation for a strong policy agenda on transportation, energy, education and the economy. Monday is the first day Delegates and Senators can file legislation for the 2016 session.
That’s a wrap: Virginia Film Festival concludes 2015 run
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Virginia Film Festival officials announced today what attendees and special guests of the Festival saw all weekend long – that by every possible measure, the 28th annual VFF was an unqualified success.
Warner, Kaine urge Social Security Administration to implement Supreme Court marriage equality decisions
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined 119 of their congressional colleagues in a letter to Acting Commissioner of Social Security Carolyn W. Colvin and Attorney General Loretta Lynch to make sure that the Supreme Court’s landmark marriage equality decisions are implemented and that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is treating all marriages equally.
Alon Ben-Meir: The absence of real commitment to peace
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Regardless of what Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Abbas stated in their speeches at the United Nations General Assembly, neither is genuinely committed to negotiating a peace agreement based on a two-state solution.
