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Revenge of the Bear: Russia Strikes Back in Syria

Tumblr Is Worth $1.1 Billion to Yahoo For One Reason: You

Real American Boy: How Our Byzantine Immigration System and Failed Economy May Have Made a Terrorist

It's News, Not Espionage

Real American Boy: How Our Byzantine Immigration System and Failed Economy May Have Made a Terrorist
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By Juan Cole

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By Eugene Robinson

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By Robert Scheer

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Tag: Empower

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Is Gossip Hazardous to Your Health?

Speculating and whispering about other people’s business is a time-honored (see: Ten Commandments), if tawdry, tradition, and gossip is also fueling quite a large international industry these days, in case you hadn’t noticed. But can its effects be deadly? A couple people quoted in this Wall Street Journal hearsay exposé seem to think it’s dangerous. But what’s to be done?

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