Editor’s Note: This essay was originally published in The New Yorker two months after 9/11. The tragedy re-engineered the West while imposing a huge cost on the rest of the world. Twenty-five
Sell airlines: buy airports ~ Attributed to Rigas Doganis Recently, a distinguished colleague in the airport industry brought to my attention the fact that there are certain airlines in the world that own
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While shooting a documentary at Göbeklitepe, I encountered strikingly different historical interpretations of the site. An international group of New Age seekers seemed to be searching for extraterrestrial connections there, but when I pointed
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Flight operations not only have to be safe, but also orderly and quick. — Jens Bartels, Ramp Control Manager, Munich Airport The Transition There was a time when the air traffic control
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“Nothing is easier than to be idealistic on behalf of others.” Karl Marx, 1858 Under cover of night, the US military kidnapped the lawful Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and
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By the early 2030s the US will have a “new” tank to replace the Abrams M1. The M1 was designed between 1972 and 1976, although many changes have been made over the
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There is no ceasefire in Gaza. There is no functioning “Board of Peace.” There is no roadmap to ending the genocide or mechanism to creation of a Palestinian state. Israel has refused
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The human condition today is better than it’s ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that. — Tom Clancy The Issue The near collision involving an Iberia Airbus A321
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Recent years have seen renewed U.S. interest in deporting long-term Lao and Hmong residents. Official U.S. data report only eight Lao nationals deported in FY2018 and five in FY2019 [DHS/ICE, 2019]. According
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From the Bengal famine of 1943 to the election of the Left Front government in 1977, the communist movement in West Bengal, India, patiently built its strength among workers, peasants, refugees, students,
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“Young people are already leading the way as organizers and innovators. But to go further, they need access to the skills that will shape the future – from critical thinking and problem-solving
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