Category: Bibliography

The Atrocities That Shaped the Modern Middle East

The Atrocities That Shaped the Modern Middle East

The historian Simon Sebag Montefiore on his latest book, The Cauldron, and how violence forged the modern Middle East
By David Frum
The Atrocities That Shaped the Modern Middle East https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/09/david-frum-show-simon-sebag-montefiore-middle-east/688646/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYevMKANEpd8W3i9LhILRxFE&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social 

NYTimes.com: Reckonings; An Alternate Reality By Paul Krugman Nov. 25, 2001

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Reckonings; An Alternate Reality

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says television news always shows Americans behaving well in wake of terrorist attacks, but some Web sites and business sections of quality newspapers reveal a different picture: Congress voting billions in ‘lump-sum transfers’ to airlines but not a penny for laid-off airline workers, House ‘stimulus’ package that contains almost nothing for the unemployed but $25 billion in retroactive corporate tax cuts and Bush administration pressing for opening of public lands to oil companies and logging interests (M)

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Americans Don’t Understand Who’s Rich

“Hiding behind small business,” @omzidar and Eric Zwick argue, “has proved a devastatingly effective strategy for the rich.” The two argue that “Everywhere Millionaires” rather than flashy celebrities or tech CEOs are the real faces of American wealth: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/everywhere-millionaires-tax-code/688584/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYe6qu9btxie77JkgsRF-5_Y&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse

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Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse
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