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Bullets And Backpackers: Political Tourism Hits The West Bank

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Bullets And Backpackers: Political Tourism Hits The West Bank

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Checkpoints, soldiers, and guns: take a political tour of this controversial territory.

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“Are you carrying a weapon on you?” the young Israeli soldier asked as we approached the middle of the Jewish settlement in Hebron.

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Left Or Right? How Political Ideology Shapes Your Moral Worldview

.post .storycontent .subtitle { width: 52%; float: left; margin-right: 3%;} Political parties the world over rarely seem to share anything in common. But the similarities are revealed if you know where to look.

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Left Or Right? How Political Ideology Shapes Your Moral Worldview

Portia Remnant

You’ve heard the rhetoric.You’ve seen the ads. You’ve chosen sides, and the other guy has, too. And it’s not your side.

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8 Ridiculous Political Ads From The 2008 Presidential Race

.post .storycontent .subtitle { width: 52%; float: left; margin-right: 3%;} Here’s our picks for most ridiculous political ads (so far) from the 2008 campaign trail.

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If there’s one thing I love about politics, it’s the political ads.

Basically you get to distill complex policy decisions into 25-60 second advertisements that will, in all likelihood, be riddled with leaps of logic and poorly constructed arguments.

But hey, it’s television right? Here’s 8 of the most ridiculous political ads we’ve seen so far from the 2008 presidential race.

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5 Techniques For Surviving Political Debates

5 Techniques For Surviving Political Debates

You are sitting with a family that has invited you in for tea, one of countless offers of hospitality you have experienced since you arrived in the new land.

As you share stories of family, friends, travel and life you marvel at how easily people can bridge the differences between them. For that moment, everything is perfect. This is why you travel. World peace is possible, you think. All we need is tea.

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