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interesting times June 26, 2020

Andrew Sullivan: You Say You Want a Revolution?Even good and important causes can morph from an exercise in overdue reform into a radical political movement.

By Andrew Sullivan
last straws Sept. 4, 2015

Letter From a City Buried in Garbage — and on the Brink of Civil WarIn Beirut, the corrupt government can’t figure out how to pick up the garbage. Is this the final straw for a nation long teetering on the edge of violence?

By Sulome Anderson
revolt like an egyptian Feb. 15, 2011

People Still Don’t Know Whether the Rumors Are True and Mubarak Has Slipped Quietly Into a ComaIt’s also unclear whether “a coma” is a euphemism for “Saudi Arabia.”

By Chris Rovzar
egypt Jan. 29, 2011

Mubarak Picks Vice-President; Egyptian Death Toll Rises [Updated]And protests in Yemen have begun.

By Mike Vilensky
revolution May 6, 2009

Run, Bessie, Run!A cow escaped from the slaughterhouse in Queens, and has made her way to sweet freedom!

By Jessica Pressler
white men with money Feb. 2, 2009

Sandy Weill’s Mexican VacationThe former Citigroup CEO didn’t think a thing of taking one of the company’s private jets to Mexico on vacay.

By Jessica Pressler