Fausta's blog

"Off with their breasts!"

The latest on the Iranian crackdown on fashion.

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"Off with their breasts!"

The latest on the Iranian crackdown on fashion.

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BMOs

Iran cracks down on women not wearing "the proper attire"; my blog gets visitors from the Middle East.

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Lawrence Wright on "Al-Qaeda: Past, Present and Future"

Lawrence Wright: "Only the military can provide some kind of protection to the Iraqi people because the diplomats aren't going to do that." Read my notes from the lecture

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The writing on the wall

There are those who see an existential threat from a group of terrorists who have demonized all that is good in our lives and culture and are willing to drag us all to hell. And there are those who just want to ignore that threat and believe it's such a simple nuisance that, in their grab for power, they're are taking ownership of a defeat in Iraq.

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And now for more propaganda from AP

Castro, 80, is a leading example of Cuba's healthy life expectancy - or so says the AP

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They don't make them as they used to: Roman Holiday

A review of Roman Holiday and why little girls want to be Audrey Hepburn

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Photo-op in Havana

Castro resumes official business but his suits are still at the cleaners

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"Chavez will never allow true democracy to return to Venezuela"

Mini-zeppelins on the air, socialism on the ground: Venezuela this week

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"Chavez will never allow true democracy to return to Venezuela"

Mini-zeppelins on the air, socialism on the ground: Venezuela this week

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