What Goes Up Must Come Down
Peruse these timeless stories from our 173-year archive, handpicked to add context to the news of the day.
Up in the Air
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Andrew Cockburn on Boeing’s missteps around the adoption of defense-contracting practices.
Read “Boeing’s Plastic Planes”
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A critique of the FAA and a call to improve aviation safety standards.
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“A squadron of seventy lobbyists prepares for total air superiority.”
Read “The Boeing Formation” by Ken Silverstein
Heightened Fears of Wider War in the Middle East
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Scott Horton’s prescient predictions of conflict in the region.
Read “Setting the Stage for the Next War”
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Edward Said on “why the many Islams cannot be simplified.”
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A forum of experts in international relations address the pressing questions of post-Obama international relations.
Harvard’s President Resigns
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Doug Henwood traces “WASP” power and class hierarchy through the history of elite institutions.
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“The role of the public intellectual is to proffer new ideas, encourage deep thinking, challenge norms, and model forms of debate that enrich our discourse. For black intellectuals, that work has revolved around the persistence of white supremacy.”
Read “The Gatekeepers” by Mychal Denzel Smith
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An analysis of anti-plagiarism advice given to Cornell students.
Read “Teacher and Plagiarist” by Neil Hertz
Slightly Un-Orthodox: It Turns Out There Were Tunnels Under There
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A Hasidic prayer “for the protection of our city of Williamsburg from the plague of the artists.”