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The State of Texas Republicans

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The Times had a very useful conversation between Opinion Editor John Guida (who is responsible for publishing my 4 Times op-eds so obviously I'm a fan) and Texas Monthly contributing editor Christopher Hooks. The subject is whether Talarico can win. Maybe....but Texas is a very very...
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The underpants gnomes theory of war

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Krugman states the obvious, the obviousity of which doesn't make its continual statement any less necessary: Any hopes that this war might be extremely brief are fading. The Trump administration may have imagined that decapitating the Iranian government would bring swift regime change, but the Islamic...
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Election of the Day: Nepal

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On Thursday, Nepal will elect a new Pratinidhi Sabha, or House of Representatives. Under the new constitution of 2015, there are 275 seats, 165 single member district first past the post, and 110 seats allocated via national party list proportional representation. Like Japan and Thailand, the...
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Iran Update: Why Not?

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Not respecting the theater of operations... A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy. Sri Lanka's deputy foreign minister identified the warship as the frigate IRIS Dena, and said...
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