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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
I sip my coffee. It’s good. “The de facto king of Iraq is a Kissinger acolyte named L. Paul Bremer III. On taking office, he passed two edicts that have shaped the occupation. Edict number one ruled that any member of the Ba’ath Party above a certain rank was to be sacked. With one stroke of the pen Bremer consigned to the scrap-heap the very civil
... See moreDavid Mitchell • The Bone Clocks: A Novel
government. And only if you
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Bin Laden wasn’t the only one thinking along such lines. In 1990 Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq, invaded Kuwait. It was a bold and sudden attack. Within four hours of crossing the border, the Iraqi army had reached Kuwait’s capital, attacked the emir’s palace, and set it aflame. Days later, Hussein annexed Kuwait. This gave him control of two
... See moreDaniel Immerwahr • How to Hide an Empire
Democracy, Journalism, and Monopoly: How to Fund Independent News Media in the 21st Century
WITH THE GAZA EVACUATION complete, getting Israel disentangled from Palestinians on the West Bank was next on Sharon’s docket. To smooth his political path, he left the Likud and in November 2005 formed his own party, Kadima Yisrael (“Forward, Israel!”), recruiting centrists from both Labor and Likud. But four months after the Gaza disengagement, S
... See moreDaniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
