The lie of “self-financing” oil wars
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Has Trump actually ended any wars?
In Malaysia on Sunday, on the sidelines of a summit of Southeast Asian leaders, President Donald Trump presided over a ...
How the new His Dark Materials spinoff series explains the book-banning wars
Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy was one of the most beloved children’s book series of the 2000s — and ...
The bleak lesson Israel — and the world — might learn from the Gaza war’s end
At last, Israel and Hamas have reached a deal — of a sort. On Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump announced ...
How Star Wars reveals conservatives’ authoritarian fantasies
Chandrila Senator Mon Mothma gives a politically rebellious speech in the Galactic Senate. Mothma is one of the breakout characters ...
How public schools became ground zero for America’s culture wars.
Student demonstrators in Katy, Texas, protest the school district’s transgender policy that allowed staff to ignore students’ requests to use ...
How Is Reagan’s Star Wars Dream Coming Along?
In a television address to the country on March 23, 1983, President Ronald Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative, more ...
How the mid “Skeleton Crew” makes us nostalgic for the wretched “Star Wars” holiday specials of yore
Since the first “Star Wars” blasted a hole in popular culture we've been gifted a few unforgettable (and not in ...
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