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Mar 3, 2015

Male, Female, or Neutral? The Third Gender

Richard Thomas was charged earlier this year with setting Sasha Fleishman on fire. Sasha drifted off to sleep on the bus heading home from school, only to wake up screaming…
Feb 10, 2015

Ukraine’s revolution continues – Thought’s from Kiev

The problem with revolutionary times (and in case anyone was in doubt – Ukraine’s revolution continues) is that so many things happen simultaneously that it sometimes can be extremely difficult…
Feb 1, 2015

ISIL Hostage Update: Video Released Purportedly Showing Execution of Kenji Goto

A video has been released by the Islamic State group purporting to show the beheading of Kenji Goto. Circus Bazaar recently covered ISIL and the Japanese hostage situation, with statements…
Jan 26, 2015

Romania’s revolution: 25 years on

25 years after the beginning of the Romanian Revolution. I am standing in the University Plaza in Bucharest. My memory is channeling echoes of gun shots and student resistance; the…

Ukraine’s revolution continues – Thought’s from Kiev