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Oligarchs are “offering no future beyond acting out their midlife crises on the rest of us.”
Oligarchs are “offering no future beyond acting out their midlife crises on the rest of us.”
Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from July 2024.
We are no wiser than Europeans of the 20th century, yet we can learn from their experience.
Everyone disguises our powerlessness to overcompensate for our addictions and attachments.
Recent pieces by historians on democracy and politics as we enter an election year.
Odesa is added to the World Heritage List as Timothy Snyder speaks to why the world needs Ukrainian victory.
Agatha Christie’s best-known mystery sets me off on a year of reading crime stories…fictional and real.
President Zelenskyy reminded Americans of who we say we are, and why that matters to the world.
All serious observers believe that political journalism in the US is broken. It needs fixing before it is too late.
Timothy Snyder on how sometimes you change the subject, and sometimes the subject changes you.