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Month: November 2018

  • Kristallnacht

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    On November 8, 1938, my mother and grandmother were visiting relatives in Kaiserslautern. The following day they received a telegram from my grandfather: “return to London immediately”. “How could Columbus have discovered America when Native Americans were already here” (Bold, 140)? The answer is easy; history was written by Columbus. The Native Americans’ history is not…

  • Essay: Park & Pond

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    Essay: Park & Pond

    Yesterday I published a photo-essay, with accompanying text: Park & Pond. (update: renamed to The Park) A support paper will be published in the next few days.

  • The Rise of Populism

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    Friday’s Munk debate — The Rise of Populism: Be it resolved, the future of western politics is populist not liberal: Stephen K. Bannon, David Frum — received quite a bit of attention. As Frum put it “… [populism is] the most important, the most dangerous challenge that liberal democratic institutions have faced since the end…