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Two Paths for Millennial Politics

Posted on September 12, 2022 by dayat

When muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens wanted to catch a glimpse of the future in 1919, he went to Russia. When David Brooks had the same thought eight decades later, he went to Princeton. As he explained in an essay for … Continue reading →

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Which Way for Cuba?

Posted on August 12, 2022 by dayat

Cubans are angry. Communist Party militants rail at the secretiveness surrounding the selection of Raúl Castro’s successor. A middling Party official in Pinar del Rio complains angrily, over a boozy lunch with friends to which I am invited, that the … Continue reading →

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