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...might be expected, American football is nowhere near as popular as in the United States. Games attract only a couple hundred fans...
...popular imagination, there seem to be only two ways of viewing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One—that which Mr. Rashid espouses in his article—portrays Israel as an oppressive force that brutally persecutes the Palestinian people. The other, the one I was raised with, describes Israel as a peaceful place constantly under attack by terrorist groups dedicated to its utter annihilation. However, as a rational person, I can understand that neither of these discourses accurately describes the situation. Yet one-sided voices like Mr. Rashid’s (and certainly a plethora of others that...
...memory loss, paranoia and depression during middle age. The disease is also known as dementia pugilistica, or punch-drunk syndrome, because until recently the overwhelming majority of its victims were boxers. Not anymore. Researchers like McKee have found a deep and disturbing association between CTE and America's most popular sport. (Watch a video of what football can do to the brain...
...While John Edwards is probably the least popular man in America right now, it's still hard to see the dissolution of this marriage as anything but a net loss for all parties. Nobody can fault Elizabeth for wanting to get out; news spread of the separation a week after John finally acknowledged the child he had fathered with Rielle Hunter, after two years of denial. But no two marriages are alike, and for various reasons many people were hoping this one might make it. (See the top 10 scandals...
...trial centered on accusations that de Villepin used successive cabinet positions to mount a dirty tricks campaign in the mid-2000s aimed at discrediting Sarkozy - then a popular minister who shared de Villepin's ambition to succeed President Jacques Chirac. Sarkozy's lawyers argued that de Villepin sought to exploit a fake list of French notables, including Sarkozy, who allegedly held secret bank accounts containing illegal kickback money. (See pictures of Sarkozy...