NPR takes a look at the state of our heated political culture.
Special Representative Holbrooke, in New York. Photograph by Brigitte Lacombe.
Published by The New Yorker
George Packer profile of Holbrooke from 2009 in The New Yorker
Christopher Hitchens: my hero of 2010
A gentleman and a truly formidable debater, Christopher Hitchens is a giant of the mind and a model of courage.
by Richard Dawkins
We’ve engineered coups in Chile, Iran, Guatemala, etc. We sold arms to Iran and then used the money to fund Central American revolutionaries. We sell weapons to our enemy’s enemy who somehow always then becomes our enemy and forces us to defend ourselves from our own weapons. That happens a lot. In fact, you know what we call that, the number eight. It takes a lot to unimpress us. You really should read up about the shit we already know about us. So unless, in these Wikileaks, we’re gonna find out that the aliens from Area 51 killed Kennedy, stop with the drama.
Jon Stewart, The Daily Show
Sundays Best South Side Chicago by Russell Werner Lee
An interesting take from Duke Ph.D. candidate David Sparks. It shows the evolution in relative support for Democratic and Republican Party presidential candidates on a county by county basis since 1920. It only takes about a minute, This is a fascinating way to image the depth of the FDR period and the rise of the Republican South.
And you neglected to mention it’s pretty…
