A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, a new-look Gulf, Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilization (10:45), and the Google-Meta advertising duopoly (15:00).
Category Archives: Opinion
Analysis: Biden Rebukes Putin, Republican Politics
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden’s rebuke of Russia and Putin at the U.N. and the state of Republican politics.
Previews: The Economist Magazine – Sept 24, 2022
An energy crisis and geopolitics are creating a new-look Gulf
It will be richer, more powerful—and more volatile
Vladimir Putin vows to send more invaders. The West should arm Ukraine faster
It has a window of opportunity to push Russian forces back
Preview: The Atlantic Magazine – October 2022
The Atlantic October 2022 Issue:
Ukraine defiant: George Packer, Anne Applebaum, and Franklin Foer on democracy’s front lines. Plus the myopia generation, the Benin bronzes’ contested return, Ian McEwan’s anti-memoir, cursive’s demise, redshirting boys, John Roberts v. the Voting Rights Act, the GOP’s extremist history, and more.
Six months into Ukraine’s defiant stand against Russia’s invasion, The Atlantic is publishing a special cover package devoted to life in the country and the state of the war, with new, on-the-ground reporting by staff writers George Packer, Anne Applebaum, and Franklin Foer. Packer, Applebaum, and Foer are three of the most influential and established voices on the perils of war, authoritarian threats to democracy, and Ukrainian and Russian politics.
Opinion: Why Monarchy In Britain Matters, Putin War Failures, China Land Crisis
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why the British monarchy matters, Vladimir Putin’s war is failing (10:31), and China’s property crisis hasn’t gone away (17:59).
Cover Previews: Harper’s Magazine – October 2022
Courting Disaster – Why liberals should give up on the judiciary
The Right to Not Be Pregnant – Asserting an essential freedom
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Sept 26, 2022
Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “#fallstyle”
The artist discusses Charlotte Gainsbourg, Uggs, and finding inspiration on Instagram.
Was Rudy Giuliani Always So Awful?
A lively new biography explores how the man once celebrated as “America’s mayor” fell into disgrace.
By Louis Menand
From Boy to Bono
I was born with melodies in my head, and I was looking for a way to hear them in the world.
By Bono
Views: The Sunday Times Magazine – Sept 18, 2022
Previews: The Economist Magazine – Sept 17, 2022
Why the monarchy matters
The monarchy is an anachronism, yet it thrived under Elizabeth II. That holds lessons for her successor and for democracies elsewhere
Previews: The Guardian Weekly – Sept 16, 2022
After Elizabeth: Inside the 16 September Guardian Weekly
Reflections on the end of a royal era, and the ascent of King Charles III
Regardless of whether one identifies as royalist or republican, it’s virtually impossible to dispute the global significance of Queen Elizabeth II, who died last week aged 96
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