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The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam, Max Boot, Liveright, 768 pages Max Boot is a journalist, historian, and unabashed imperialist. Not long after 9/11, but prior to the invasion of Iraq (which he enthusiastically…
Donald Trump’s firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday was welcomed in many quarters of official Washington as a kind of deliverance—or evidence, perhaps, of justice served. The crowing could be heard all the way to the pages…
Wednesday was a very good day for Democrats and a catastrophic day for Republicans, as Democrat Conor Lamb narrowly edged out a win over Republican Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District. The race stretched into Wednesday midday when CNN…
As thousands of students across the country walked out of class Wednesday to protest gun violence, Viacom Media Networks suspended programming to major TV channels in solidarity. All Viacom networks — including MTV, BET, Nickelodeon, TV Land, CMT, and Comedy…
The Pennsylvania special election should be a wakeup call for Republicans, but all House Speaker Paul Ryan has is some excuses. On Tuesday night, Republican House candidate Rick Saccone failed to secure a win in a special election for a…
User-friendly face-swapping video-editing software making it possible to create fake videos seeming to feature real politicians is reaching a point where it is becoming a global security threat, politicians and academics warn. ‘Deepfakes’, a combination of the terms ‘deep learning’ and…
