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Military Dissent and the Need to Save Democracy from Perpetual War

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Hillary's Clinching of the Nomination

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America's Post-Democratic Military

Charles Darwin Has Much to Teach Us About War

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Last Night, Donald Trump Disqualified Himself

Might Makes Right: An American Tradition

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The Republican Debate of Texas

The Pentagon as Business and Church

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The 2016 Presidential Candidates in a Word

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