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Moon’s death threatens Unification Church stability

The death of Sun Myung Moon robs his Unification Church of the glue that sustained its global following as a cohesive religious and financial force even as membership dwindled from its 1980s peak, analysts say. A messianic movement built on the rubble of the Korean War and exported to countries such as the United States where it found…

Director Oliver Stone lashes out at U.S.

Film director Oliver Stone launched a critical rant against America’s love of money, its role in war and Barack Obama whilst at a film festival in Algeria where he was promoting his latest documentary Saturday. Speaking mostly in French at a press conference in Algiers, Stone said he was shocked by the global financial crisis and “to…

Jon Chait makes me chuckle

Crazy, right? The New Republic has learned that Republican Senator and presidential candidate John McCain served in the military during the Vietnam war and was captured and tortured as a prisoner of war. McCain, who is notoriously reticent about his Vietnam-era history, has not yet confirmed or denied this discovery,…