The GOP nomination fight as a test case for eternally unlikely theories of fundamental political-historical change.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
100 Best Photos of the Year
“I was in south Sudan covering the referendum when I found out that there were going to be protests in Egypt. I felt that there could be big troubles, so I returned to Egypt. I arrived at 8am and dropped my bags at home and then went to the office. Later in the afternoon clashes began in Cairo…”
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, lens 160mm, f5.6, 1/250, ISO 400
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A judgment you may’ve missed as to the sphinctral status of the late Steve Jobs
“I think you have to be something of a demanding asshole to get your designers to create a music player that has no buttons,” explained Magary. “But Jobs is proof positive that the world NEEDS assholes, that it wouldn’t necessarily be as good of a place if assholishness were somehow made extinct.”
The Arab Spring’s going pretty well all things considered
Egypt is getting its first legitimate parliament in over half a century, and that alone will shift the dialogue from the streets to the government itself. And that is decidedly a very good thing.