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May 26, 2015

Cuba
Castro 200, Obama 0: While Talks Continue, Beatings Continue

When President Obama junked 60 years of U.S. foreign policy to seek a rapprochement with the Castro regime in Cuba, he was aware that he would be accused of ignoring human rights. After all, the Obam…

May 24, 2013

Iran
Iran’s Presidential Candidates: Two Are Terrorist Suspects, One Boasts of Beating Students

The disqualification of most of the men who sought to run in Iran’s presidential election has left a narrow field distinguished by allegations of involvement in terrorism and repression. Both Mohsen…

November 22, 2011

China
Beijing’s Message to Asia: If You Can’t Join ’Em, Beat ’Em

World leaders pose for the family photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Chris Wattie / Courtesy of Reuters) Now that President Obama has completed his victory l…

World leaders pose for the family photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii.

December 29, 2004

If you cannot beat em, join em

Daniel Gross’s article on the currency preferences of the world’s underworld is too good not to link to. It seems like the world’s drug lords are less willing than the People’s Bank of China to fina…

August 10, 2011

Fossil Fuels
Apple Beats Exxon: Less than Meets the Eye

Apple has passed Exxon in market capitalization. The two companies traded places over the course of yesterday; at pixel time, Apple was in the lead. The headlines are emphatic. Dow Jones Newswire: “A…