Anonymous | Telegraph | 20 October 2011 Every bit as good as you might expect. At an African Union summit, "his entourage consisted of a personal jet, a container ship loaded with buses, goat carcases and prayer mats, $6m in petty cash and 400 security guards" Comments Karl Taro Greenfeld | Businessweek | 20 October 2011 The fans are shareholders. The chief executive is a union leader and ex-player (the only one to win the Super Bowl as both CEO and player). The city is a dot on the map. The bizarre anomaly of the franchise that rules the NFL Comments Nathan Bradley | McSweeney's | 19 October 2011 A war story from Afghanistan. "I wanted to be a witness, full of unimpeachable authenticity. But eventually, every witness to atrocity becomes a participant. And every witness to tragedy becomes bereaved" Comments Nathaniel Philbrick | Vanity Fair | 16 October 2011 "For me, Moby-Dick is more than the greatest American novel ever written; it is a metaphysical survival manual—the best guidebook there is for a literate man or woman facing an impenetrable unknown" Comments Fang Lizhi | NYRB | 20 October 2011 History remembers Deng Xiaoping as hero, prime mover of China's modernisation. Tiananmen massacre excused as means to an end. But what end? Deng's greatest success was to increase power and wealth of China's ruling class Comments Colin Jones | History Today | 20 October 2011 Fun excursion to the court of Louis XV and a book of obscene drawings poking fun at his long-time mistress. The book was "potential political dynamite" and, now rescued from obscurity, is a fascinating part of the historical record Comments | 
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