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When people have tried everything and have discovered that nothing works, they will tend to revert to what they know best—which will often be the trib...more

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There is almost no country in Africa where it is not essential to know to which tribe, or which subgroup of which tribe, the president belongs. From t...more

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Some say that because the United States was wrong before, it cannot possibly be right now, or has not the right to be right. (The British Empire sent ...more

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Should I, too, prefer the title of 'non-Jewish Jew'? For some time, I would have identified myself strongly with the attitude expressed by Rosa Luxemb...more

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Let's just go in and enjoy ourselves,' Yvonne had said after a long moment when the Hitchens family had silently reviewed the menu—actually of the pri...more

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Of course what I'm about to share isn't true for me but...Friends, somebody said, are "god's apology for relations." (p. 129)