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Why the 2016 Election Was Not the Worst Election in American History
I generally despise using generalizations without near-encyclopedic citations. However, it must be stated: the 2016 election received universal criticism. Nobody beamed with pride at either set of candidates. Many Americans loathed both tandems and gritted their teeth at the ballot box. If an American did vote for one of the two sides enthusiastically, they firmly…
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A Paradox of Peace
BY BILLIE MANDELBAUM In 1988, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces. The committee hailed the forces for making “a decisive contribution towards the initiation of actual peace negotiations.” However, 26 years later, peacekeeping forces face an increased amount of scrutiny from the international community amidst a…
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