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Iraq and Seduction by Delusions

I was watching an old, rare archive piece of film, introduced by Christopher Hitchens, which appeared to show Saddam Hussein asserting his control over the Ba’ath Party, sorting loyalists from covert opposition at a conference. Hitchens was referring to a … Continue reading →

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Iran’s dream of democracy once oil was discovered

This was the ceremonial and spiritual capital of a vast empire, built by Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, titans whose names still echo through history. Giant statues of winged bulls guard the Gate of All Nations, through which princes from vassal … Continue reading →

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The Human Meteorite

Back in 2010, this article about Sudan explained the different viewpoints of nomadic herders and Arab farmers, their belief systems about land use brought them into conflict. Of the five mass extinctions we described in Chapter 2, probably the most … Continue reading →

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