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The Turmoil in the Mideast Underlines the Erosion of the Arab State System
March 31, 2016
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Amidst the tumult and chaos raging everywhere in the Middle East, a constant stands out: the eroding power and influence of the state. It is perhaps best described as a tendency toward erosion, even fragmentation, that seems to be underway across the region, but nowhere more so than in Arabism’s heartland — Syria and Iraq.
And yet, while the whole Arab region seems to be affected to one degree or another, Turkey and Iran are not. Why? What accounts for this “Arab” exception? And just how deep-rooted is this state of affairs?
The phenomenon is unlike anything so-called experts on the region, like myself, recognize from the post-Ottoman past; the deeper, pre-Ottoman past, is even less relevant.
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The Young Woman Whose Addiction Story Touched Obama’s Heart Just Died
March 30, 2016
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On Oct. 21, Jessica Grubb flipped open her laptop and watched a live stream of her father telling President Barack Obama about her addiction to heroin.
Obama was in Charleston, West Virginia, Jessica’s hometown, to discuss the opioid epidemic. When the local newspaper solicited questions for the president from its readers, Grubb’s parents asked their daughter if they could tell her story.
“Absolutely,” Grubb said, hoping it might help somebody else in need.
If she’d been in Charleston, Grubb would have tried to attend the president’s visit herself. But she was in Michigan, where she’d moved for a residential drug rehab program.
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Donald Trump And America’s ‘Second Civil War’
March 26, 2016
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Despite everyone calling him a fascist, Donald Trump may have more in common with Jefferson Davis than he does with Benito Mussolini.
“What we’re seeing [with Trump’s rise] is what I would call the second Civil War,” Steve Ross, a history professor at the University of Southern California, told The Huffington Post.
It’s not that all of Trump’s supporters want to own slaves or secede from the United States. But they can see their political clout disappearing, and are responding by supporting an extremist movement.
“In 1860, Abraham Lincoln wins the presidential election and for the first time in American history a president can get elected without getting a single electoral vote from the South,” Ross said.
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recite the Pledge of Allegiance during a campaign rally on Feb. 22, 2016, in Las Vegas.
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Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.
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Inside The Army’s Spectacular Hidden Treasure Room
March 25, 2016
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Remember that ending scene out of Indiana Jones where the Ark of the Covenant is boxed up and wheeled through an endless government warehouse?
Did you know that that place actually exists?
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It is called the Center of Military History
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Vasco da Gama’s Lost Ship Esmeralda Opens New Window on Age of Discovery
March 19, 2016
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Marine archaeologists say they’ve found the earliest ship from Europe’s Age of Discovery ever uncovered — the wreck of a vessel from Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama’s brutal second armada to India in 1502.
Experts called it a find of major importance that could change how historians view trade and warfare during a critical period in the development of Western civilization.
The ship is believed to be the Esmeralda, which sank in a storm off the Omani island of Al Hallaniyah in May 1503, researchers said in a paper published in this week’s edition of the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (PDF). By more than 50 years, it’s the earliest ship ever recovered from the era when Portuguese explorers opened the Western Hemisphere and dominated the Indian subcontinent.
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Jury Awards Hulk Hogan $115 Million In Gawker Sex Tape Lawsuit
March 19, 2016
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A Florida jury has sided with Hulk Hogan in the lawsuit the former professional wrestler filed against Gawker Media, awarding him $115 million in damages — $15 million more than he sought.
Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, sued Gawker in 2012 after the online media outlet published an excerpt of a video showing Bollea having sex with the wife of his then-best friend, Bubba The Love Sponge Clem. Hogan and his attorneys alleged publishing the video was an invasion of his privacy. Gawker argued the clip was newsworthy and protected by the First Amendment.
The six-person jury reached their verdict just before 7 p.m., after almost six hours of deliberation. Bollea, wearing an all-black bandana and a cross around his neck, sobbed as the verdict was announced and was hugged by attorneys and family.
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The Lowline is the underground park New York needs — and here are the minds behind it
March 13, 2016
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Underneath New York City there lies 233 miles of tunnels, 469 stations and one abandoned trolley station. But that trolley station might not be abandoned for long.
James Ramsey and Dan Barasch have big plans to reclaim the unused space for public good. The pair want to create the Lowline: A stunning underground park that will give New Yorkers a beautiful respite from the intense city life that lies above.
Watch as co-founders Ramsey and Barasch share the moment they decided to pursue their far-out vision and how incredible solar technology could make it a reality.
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19 amazing things you don’t want to miss in the night sky in 2016
March 9, 2016
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If you’re a night owl who loves stargazing, 2016 is going to be a busy year for you. This year is packed full of remarkable sights — including three supermoons, two eclipses, and dozens of meteor showers. Some of them you’ll need a telescope or binoculars to see, but many are visible with your naked eye alone.
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1. In March, Jupiter will come closer to Earth than it ever will in the next two years.
Image by NASA, ESA, and A. Simon/Wikimedia Commons.
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Extra-alarm blaze destroys West Side flea market: ‘It’s been a tough fire’
March 9, 2016
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An extra-alarm fire tore through a flea market on the West Side on Tuesday, swallowing cars parked on the collapsing roof and sending thick, black smoke through the West Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Arriving firefighters were told at least two people may have been trapped inside the one-story building in the 4500 block of West Haddon Avenue that houses the Buyer’s Flea Market. Firefighters found a woman who said she had been able to escape from a bathroom, officials said. She was checked at the scene and officials reported no injuries.
The fire continued to burn into the afternoon — more than four hours after it was first spotted around 9 a.m. — fueled by the falling cars and the wares of hundreds of vendors, officials said.
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