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A profound and sort of shattering observation about political heroes
It is surely no accident that many of the twentieth century’s most beloved liberation heroes are men like [Martin Luther] King and [Mohandas] Gandhi, who retain their unsullied reputations in part because they never had to govern. –From “Pan-Africanism and … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Journalism, Politics, Revolution, The Facts of Life
Tagged Ali A Mazrui, Ghana, Howard W French, Kelefa Sanneh, Kwame Nkrumah, Mahmood Mamdani, Mira Nair, The New Yorker, Zohran Mamdani
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We are watching a “heavy element of make-believe…”
In the New Yorker’s October 13, 2025* Talk of the Town, Benjamin Wallace-Wells wrote about Trump and his “military theatrics” in a wise column appropriately entitled, “War Games.” In describing Trump’s ballyhooed commission to National Guard troops, Wallace-Wells writes: In … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Immigration, Journalism, News media, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Benjamin Wallace-Wells, National Guard in DC, The New Yorker, Trump and the National Guard
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Want a pluperfect example of opportunism?
From Harper’s Weekly Review: [T]he German company whose mechanical ladder was used in the Louvre heist utilized a photograph from the museum theft in an ad touting the machine’s ability to function as “quiet as a whisper” for “when you … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, Culture, The Facts of Life
Tagged Harper's, Louvre heist
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