PLANK JUNE 20, 2012
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Formulating China policy is difficult enough. But nothing makes it harder than China-bashing on the campaign trail.
American Review| 10 min (2,403 words)
A century ago, United Fruit was one of the most powerful corporations in the world. Then Gabriel García Márquez wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Daily Beast | 4 min (1,004 words)
Political scientists love to draw stark lines between foreign and domestic affairs. But America and the world can never be disentangled.
Dissent | 8 min (2,177 words)
The comic book form is taking on journalism. Don't smirk: these artists and writers are doing groundbreaking work.
Financial Times | 7 min (1,720 words)
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“A century ago, United Fruit was one of the most powerful corporations in the world. Then Gabriel García Márquez wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude.” This is an overdone and not very convincing piece of writing that romanticizes and overstates the effects of literature on real life and “history.” Btw: How do you measure how “powerful” a corporation is or was; by its influence on government? And how powerful was the US in 1912? Was it as powerful as Great Britain, France or Germany? I doubt Garcia Marquez “took down” United Fruit though he did manage to help propagandize Castro’s deadly regime.
- arnon1
June 21, 2012 at 12:40am