“East Germany” doesn’t translate well into German. Referring to Moscow’s western outpost as Ostdeutschland is still an easy way to stick out in the Vaterland
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For many Americans, President Obama, with his latest plan to expand U.S. military intervention in Iraq, is finally “doing something.” And people here in Iraqi
Theologically conservative Christians are widely perceived as hostile to gays. And it is largely our own fault. Many of us have actually been homophobic. Most
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