Monthly Archives: April 2012

John Grisham Explains Baseball

The following is adapted from the preface to the British edition of John Grisham’s new baseball novel, “Calico Joe”, which is available on jgrisham.com. Over a long publishing lunch in London, I realized that my British friends, while enjoying the … Continue reading

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The Globalization of Hollow Politics

Posted on Apr 23, 2012 By Chris Hedges I went to Lille in northern France a few days before the first round of the French presidential election to attend a rally held by the socialist candidate François Holland. It was … Continue reading

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First They Come For the Muslims

Posted on Apr 16, 2012 By Chris Hedges Tarek Mehanna, a U.S. citizen, was sentenced Thursday in Worcester, Mass., to 17½ years in prison. It was another of the tawdry show trials held against Muslim activists since 9/11 as a … Continue reading

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The Man With the Google Glasses

April 14, 2012 By ROSS DOUTHAT A MAN wakes up in a New York apartment, brews coffee and goes out into the world, and everything that can appear on a smartphone or iPad appears before his eyes instead: weather reports, … Continue reading

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