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In foreign affairs, an American tragedy
Experience is about the past. It isn’t always the best guide when times and circumstances change. No leader has been more experienced than Napoleon Bonaparte when he embarked on the devastating...
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The "Surge" in Iraq: military triumph or collective amnesia?
Iraq is the grim, nearly invisible spectre lurking over the U.S. elections, all but forgotten by the recession-struck public as senators Barack Obama and John McCain enter the home stretch of their...
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Obama: A political earthquake abroad
As November 4 nears, one thing is certain: Senator Barack Obama has attracted the largest and most diverse majority in contemporary political history. There is a chance this overwhelming triumph will...
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Congratulations Barack Obama posters
Posters have appeared up all over Barga this week with the words, “Buon lavoro presidente” – a thank you call to the new President-elect of the United States, Barack Obama from the Mayor of Barga,...
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Will there ever be a European Obama?
Across the Atlantic, the election of Senator Barack Obama to the U.S. presidency is viewed from the political left with astonished embarrassment. Astonishment, because until the very last moment most...
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New York, Liverpool and Florence join Cave Canem
The date for submissions to the Cave Canem exhibition expired last week but strangely enough entries are still arriving in Barga hoping to take part. This morning three more entries arrived at the...
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“Obama crushes Osama”— the war on terrorism is not a pep rally
It might have been a big night at the Olympics, a U.S. hockey team taking home the gold, or, less probably, a victory in the most-watched television event on the planet, soccer’s World Cup. “USA!...
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The unfinished legacy of 2010
Take a close and objective look at the angry demonstrators now gathered on Wall Street, and at similar protest encampments from San Francisco to Madrid. What you see is not simply a vast expression of...
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Inside Buffalo: i ringraziamenti di Obama all’autore
Non se lo aspettava, sinceramente, Fred Kudjo Kuwornu, il ragazzone di quarant’anni italo ghanese regista del documentario “Inside Buffalo” e così, quando ha aperto quella lettera è rimasto fermo,...
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