Tag: the economist
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The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Source: art_es_anna I saw it this morning, at about eight. I said, “Oh… my… God.” Benazir Bhutto, long–and probably accurately–seen as the best choice for prime minister of the troubled mess that is Pakistan, was assassinated. For good or ill, it’s the most important political assassination I remember. I’m far too young to have experienced…
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Of Teddy Bears and Ignorance
By now you’ve probably heard something about a teddy bear in the news. But it seems to me that the way people understood the story had a lot to do with where they heard about it. So in the tradition of this piece, I’ve created two very different interpretations pared down from different news sources.…