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Wiretap: A plane down, a region out of control

  We don't know yet who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, causing the death of 298 people, but David Remnick writes in the New...

Wiretap: Mother Russia’s long trip back to the age of the...

The pessimistic view: "The effective annexation of Crimea marks the beginning of something new and ominous: not another Cold War but, rather, a revival of a chauvinistic and expansive Russian nationalism that goes back to the tsars."

Wiretap: Ukraine standoff fast darkening global geopolitics

  They're calling it the "cool war," and not because there's anything nifty about it. The Ukraine standoff has brought back something close to the...

Wiretap: Abortion clinics all gone in South Texas Rio Grande Valley

The women are still there. The last two clinics served 3,000 people annually. According to the New York Times, by September, there might be as few as six clinics that perform abortions in the entire Lone Star state.

Wiretap: Paul Ryan will cure poverty with his binder

Paul Ryan is back with his hammock theory on poverty -- that the war on poverty is lost and the big government programs make everyone poorer.

Wiretap: Putin’s mad plan to end drone attacks and close Gitmo

How does the "war on terror" end? It could end with the crisis in Ukraine. To quote Secretary of State John Kerry, "what comes after the war on terror is the '19th century.'”

Wiretap: The Putin problem

What to do about Putin and Ukraine? There are serious critics, and there are those who just like to use the words "feckless" and "Obama" in the same sentence.

Wiretap: The games are over; Russia goes round the bend

The Orange Revolution never took hold. Putin believes he must take a stand against the West, somewhere. So, the $50 billion he spent on the Olympics goes to waste.

Wiretap: The continuing Tea Party-Republican uncivil war

The Tea Party is a kindergartener. It was born five years ago. As ABC News puts it, it's an unhappy birthday.

Wiretap: Ignoring Putinism takes olympic-level training

"For sheer moral horror nothing can compare with his role in perpetuating a war that has killed well over 100,000 people and displaced 9 million."
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