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History must not be repeated

Many respected historians and intellectuals have warned that, if past experience is any guide, the Greek crisis could evolve into something far worse than an economic disaster. I share their concerns. Greece is a bankrupt nation under foreign supervision. Its institutions are creaking and society has sunk into an ocean of cynicism and frustration. The Greek crisis is a systemic crisis.

Mocked for his tweets, Trump fires back on Twitter

President-elect Donald Trump sent a dismissive tweet in response to a comedy sketch that mocked his penchant for sending tweets.

Trump again lambasted the show "Saturday Night Live," on which he is played by actor Alec Baldwin.
But whereas on other occasions Trump has tweeted his criticism the next morning, this time he fired away before the show ended.

Trump taps 'Mad Dog' Mattis for defense secretary

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Dec. 1 that he has picked the tough-talking retired general James Mattis to be his defense secretary as he kicked off his post-election "thank you tour" by railing against globalization, promising the return of manufacturing jobs to American workers, and vowing to shut U.S. borders to some Middle East migrants.

Turkey's 'emotional reality'

Probably you keep hearing about it all these days, the concept of "post-truth." After a spike in use around Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, the word "post-truth" has been named as Oxford Dictionary's word of the year. 
Actually the term was first used by Serbian-American playwright Steve Tesich. 

Ideology's orphans

These days it is as if there are no ideas nor strategies, only the opportunistic use of images and phrases, accusations and fairy tales, whenever this serves the interests of the speaker.

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