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Blogs first got noticed when they invaded the realm of politics and journalism in a big way. An entire universe of poliblogs sprang up to do commentary on politics and, necessarily, about media. These blogs raised huge sums of money for ...more
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Tim Weiner
“On October 20, 2011, the rebels overran Qaddafi’s last stronghold, found him hiding in a drainpipe, sodomized him with a bayonet, and killed him, capturing his last moments on video. Putin watched that tape over and over again, probably thinking that this was what happened when America wanted to change a regime—Milošević dead in a prison cell, Saddam with a noose around his neck, Qaddafi on the wrong end of a spear.”
Tim Weiner, The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945–2020

Tony Blair
“The Kaleidoscope has been shaken. The Pieces are in flux. Soon, They will SETTLE again. Before They do, let us RE-ORDER this world around us!!!”
Tony Blair

Steven Levitsky
“One of the great ironies of how democracies die is that the very defense of democracy is often used as a pretext for its subversion. Would-be autocrats often use economic crises, natural disasters, and especially security threats—wars, armed insurgencies, or terrorist attacks—to justify antidemocratic measures.”
Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

“If a person can grow through unthinkable trauma and loss, perhaps a nation may, too.”
Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

“Memory requires active engagement with the complexities of the past. It is not an unthinking or passive process, like breathing or (for most people) sleeping. I have found that good memory, like good history, requires disciplined and focused attention, an honest effort to overcome one's perceptual and cognitive biases, and sustained effort.”
Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

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