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When people ask me about what it was like to work at a fashion magazine, I often feel that they are disappointed with my response. “It was a job,” I say, “albeit a fun one.” I think this is because most of us, myself included, associate such workplaces with a clutch of negative stereotypes. There’s a sense that these people are not actually “working,” or if they are, that they are performing tasks that anyone could do. But it?...
...wait. How did we win the cold war? We fought and won the cold war, and thus liberated tens of millions of people, precisely because we prudently, albeit reluctantly, tolerated unfreedom in certain places. Why? In order to win the larger battle for freedom on the global scale. Today we "coddle" Musharraf of Pakistan, Mubarak of Egypt, the Saudi princes. Yesterday we coddled Pinochet of Chile, Marcos of the Philippines, the Shah of Iran, Mobutu of Zaire and a train of South Vietnamese generals...
...roughly three hours' drive south of Jordan's capital, Amman, the authentic Captain's Camp is the ideal location for the wannabe adventurer. Guests are, quite literally, out in the middle of the desert here, a short drive (or camel ride) from the remote Rum village where the nearest, albeit scant, provisions for tourists are sold. Accommodation is provided in basic but functional tents with twin beds. More pleasant sleeping arrangements can be had on cushions out under the stars, but make sure to bring warm clothes and mosquito repellent. There are toilet and shower facilities on-site...
...Ariel Sharon’s government is no more an attack on the people of Israel, or on Jews in particular, than opposition to the Bush administration’s policies is an attack on the American people—and divestment is a way of expressing political dissatisfaction, albeit a particularly strong...
...must also ask why it is that political leaders are allowed to trade in this same currency, aided and abetted by the media, albeit in more subtle ways than al Qaeda or Hamas? How is it that an independent voice like Noam Chomsky is denied a platform in his own country, whilst poisonous bile is allowed to demean whole cultures and peoples by default...