William Dalrymple on Benazir Bhutto
From his Guardian column: Benazir Bhutto was a courageous, secular and liberal woman. But sadness at the demise of this courageous fighter should not mask the fact that as a pro-Western feudal leader...
View ArticleThe Queen is Dead: Bhutto and dynastic politics
Moni Mohsin for Prospect Magazine: Despite all the acquired veneer of western education, whether it is the Bhuttos or the Gandhis, as long as there is an adequate supply of willing family members,...
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Political Capital
Daring Fireball points out: Today: Saudi Arabia Friday rebuffed President Bush’s request to immediately pump more oil to lower record prices, saying it does not see enough demand to increase...
View ArticleObama speaks Bahasa Indonesia
“You can hear several brief passages of Obama in Bahasa in the first minute of the clip below, and the Ich bin… sentence that brought the house down begins at around 2:00. For expert analysis of how...
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