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Obama speaks Bahasa Indonesia

November 12, 2010 – 3:19 pm

“You can hear several brief passages of Obama in Bahasa in the first minute of the clip below, and the Ich bin… sentence that brought the house down begins at around 2:00. For expert analysis of how Obama handles the language, see Ben Zimmer at Language Log, here. To my ear, after the two years [...]

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Political Capital

May 19, 2008 – 11:27 am

Daring Fireball points out: Today: Saudi Arabia Friday rebuffed President Bush’s request to immediately pump more oil to lower record prices, saying it does not see enough demand to increase production. Eight years ago: Gov. George W. Bush of Texas said today that if he was president, he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer [...]

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It’s Super Tuesday

February 5, 2008 – 11:13 am

You know what to do.

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The Queen is Dead: Bhutto and dynastic politics

January 4, 2008 – 1:32 pm

Moni Mohsin for Prospect Magazine: Despite all the acquired veneer of western education, whether it is the Bhuttos or the Gandhis, as long as there is an adequate supply of willing family members, south Asian politics remains dynastic; family brands once established (through the ballot box and personal tragedy) transcend regional concerns to bind complex [...]

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William Dalrymple on Benazir Bhutto

January 3, 2008 – 11:57 pm

From his Guardian column: Benazir Bhutto was a courageous, secular and liberal woman. But sadness at the demise of this courageous fighter should not mask the fact that as a pro-Western feudal leader who did little for the poor, she was as much a central part of Pakistan’s problems as the solution to them.

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