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Why can’t anybody stand us?
(We all know the one-word explanation for why nobody can stand us Americans right now.) The “us” I’m referring to are New Yorkers. Oh, we knew what you were thinking about us, even before social media. We see you every … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Government, Human rights, Immigration, Religious fundamentalism, Revolution, The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged "Taking Manhattan", "The Island at the Center of the World", British taking Manhattan, capitalism, democracy, Dutch New Amsterdam, freedom from religion, fundamentalist Christianity, Manhattan Island, multiculturism, multiethnicity, New England, New York, Puritanism, Russell Shorto, Wall Street
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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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