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The future of American democracy is in the power of the liberal imagination
In 1992, the Hofstra University Law professor, Monroe Freedman, dedicated his entire column in the Legal Times newspaper to a counter-assessment of the heroism of the idea that is Atticus Finch. Freedman...
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How Libya came to have its name
After the overthrow of the enigmatic Muammar al-Gaddafi nearly ten whole years ago, Libya has fallen off the cusp of self-determination that many countries, African and otherwise envied. What has played...
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Bobi Wine has been Museveni’s biggest challenge ever – is the end near for M7?
Not earlier than 2019, there were some within and outside that country who held doubts about the potential for a former musician to cause trouble to Yoweri Kaguta Museveni‘s seemingly eternal reign...
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In Central African Republic violence, French, Russian and Rwandan forces cannot overcome rebels
Near Bangui, the Central African Republic‘s biggest city and the capital of the country, rebel forces of the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) reportedly came within six miles of the seat of...
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Marco Polo is credited with naming Madagascar but did not even visit the island – Why?
Marco Polo, the Venetian, is often held up as the most wholesome descriptor for a curious explorer and traveler because the man who bore the name continues to be revered as one whose travelogue and insights...
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Why is Venezuela threatening to ‘reconquer’ a part of Guyana after 120 years of dispute?
At the beginning of the 19th century, the American foreign policy known as the Monroe Doctrine proved to be an elixir for the sovereign ambitions of newly-found countries in South America which were previously...
