- January 6, 2009 • 4:20 pm PST
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People are moving around the world constantly-either toward opportunity or away from misfortune and fear. This is where people are going, and where they are coming from.
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America doesn't need a missile defense system in Europe, or this new fear-mongering film. With the relative silence of Dick Cheney in recent...
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