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"The blog is mightier than the sword." --Headline for article by journalist Amit Lewinthal, israelhayom.com (2012), perhaps relevant eons ago (by social-media standards); image from PDCAST [LISTEN] On Culinary Diplomacy: Culinary diplomacy utilizes...

There are many ‘ifs’ 20 years after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election – that is still considered Nigeria’s freest and fairest.  If then military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, had known that the decision to annul...

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:48 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Hello, everyone. Thanks for being here. It's a pleasure to see you all. I was reminded on my way out here that today is the 40th anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth’s all...

There is a long-standing tension between political, cultural and economic explanations of national policies and international relations. Cultural explanations have tended to either tie closely to artifact—e.g. the Sharia prohibition against paying...

BsAs — NYTimes Report on 36 Hours on the Town.. Video.. ENJOY http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/travel/what-to-do-in-36-hours-in-buenos-aires.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_tl_20151009&nl=travel-dispatch&nl_art=1&nlid=36165839&ref=headline...