Perpetual War for a Perpetual Piece (of the Action)
The bad news from one of the finest national security journalists working today.
Politics
"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins
Channeling the Emotion of the Moment
Nine years after the empty fruit bowl, “My Story” is a highly calculated act of self-presentation.
Every Which Way but Regulated: The “Free Market” Trucking Industry
No longer home to the open-road outlaws and concrete cowboys of the ’70s, becoming a trucker is now the equivalent of operating a sweatshop on wheels thanks to deregulation.
Aristocrats of “Merit”
Tyler Cowen’s "Average Is Over"
Foucault’s Risks
Writing in the same year that Thatcher was elected, Foucault described a nascent neoliberalism now in its mature state. For three graduate students born in a post-Reagan America, there can be no doubt that Foucault’s thinking describes their present.
A Place in the Making
"The events in Ukraine have expanded the meaning of maidan from that of geographical location (just an empty piece of land) to a term with symbolical status: now maidan stands for independence, liberty, and autonomy."
The Art of Cultivating Friends
Bob Ames was an American who understood Arab culture, who could befriend Arabs.
19th Century Paris: Terrorism's Training Ground
1894 marked an exceptional harvest of one of the most notable isms to take root in French soil: anarchism.
Camp David: The Past and Future of Peace
Israelis, Egyptians, and Americans were secluded at Camp David for 13 painstaking, frustrating, and very nearly fruitless days in September 1978.
The “System Change” Doctrine
Naomi Klein issues a call to arms for “System Change, not Climate Change.”
From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Central: The Case of Hong Kong
The demand for electoral democracy in China can only be the beginning of a broader movement.
A Pen in a World of Scissors: Crazy Crab’s Chinese Dream
“I have to pretend that I’m having a happy dream, even though I know Xi the Vampire is sucking my blood and soul. I can’t have my own dream, I can’t wake up, and I even can’t open my eyes and scream.”
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