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"Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow...

"For if there is one common doctrine that runs through all our apparently fighting and contradictory sects, it is that all glory, power, and purity are within the soul already."

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Who Throws a Shoe?

Who throws a shoe!? Honestly!

– Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery

Today we take a break from holidays to examine  the unexpected–though not unprecedented–role that footwear has taken in international politics.

Who throws a shoe?

A: Muntadar al-Zaidi, the cameraman who tossed not one but both his shoes at President Bush yesterday in Iraq, where shoe-throwing is apparently the [...]