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Biden’s rumored choice for secretary of defense may make history, but she won’t do Biden any favors Cold War

Biden’s rumored choice for secretary of defense may make history, but she won’t do Biden any favors

Joe Biden, then vice president, greets US Air Force personnel at an air base in Romania, May 20, 2014. AP Photo/Octav Ganea, Mediafax President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly giving serious consideration to selecting Michèle Flournoy, a former Obama administration official, as secretary of defense. Flournoy would be the first woman…
bubmag
November 24, 2020
Yakuza: Like a Dragon proves big franchises shouldn’t be afraid of taking big risks Cold War

Yakuza: Like a Dragon proves big franchises shouldn’t be afraid of taking big risks

2020-11-23 16:30:00by CJ AndriessenPodtoid 468With so many popular video game franchises staying true to course, it's refreshing to see when a publisher lets a developer go wild with their ideas. The Yakuza series is long known for its brawler gameplay, but in Like a Dragon, it shifts things up with an…
bubmag
November 23, 2020
Italy Faces a Big Decision: Do They Send Sophia Loren’s ‘The Life Ahead’ to the Oscars? Cold War

Italy Faces a Big Decision: Do They Send Sophia Loren’s ‘The Life Ahead’ to the Oscars?

When the Italian selection committee meets early this week to determine which film it will submit to the Oscar race for Best International Feature Film, it might well be the most consequential decision any country in the race will have made this year — and probably the only one that…
bubmag
November 22, 2020
Why Police Back Gun Guys Cold War

Why Police Back Gun Guys

Three years since Charlottesville, armed clashes at street protests over racial justice are still a defining feature of American politics, but the constellation of participants has changed. The white supremacists who paraded in fascist sword-and-sandals kitsch with homemade shields and spears have sharply receded. But the paramilitaries who showed up…
bubmag
November 20, 2020