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As Iraq’s March 7 election draws near, I can’t help reflecting on how far the Iraqi nation, now entrenched in factionalism, has departed from the commitment to multiculturalism so vital to its birth. “There is no meaning in the words Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the terminology of patriotism, there is simply a country called ...

My fourteenth year was one of small revelations. An older relative made me watch The Lady from Shanghai, which taught me that cinema can deliver much more than the sound and the fury of Rambo, Robocop, and their sort. An inspired friend bought me a tape of The Velvet Underground & Nico, which taught me ...