Department of Weekend Reading: October 10, 2014

Ferguson racial tension stubborn and deeply rooted.
The disunited state of Missour-ah.
As of this week, for the first time most Americans live in a state with marriage equality.
Mission creep, again; also, Syria could be to Barry as Vietnam was to LBJ.
Back in 1976, Henry Kissinger seriously considered bombing Cuba.
How the U.S. government negotiates for your release if you are kidnapped by terrorists.
Hmmm, maybe we shouldn’t have given awaybillions.
No more smokes on base.
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