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A Year without Summer
In June, on the occasion of my fortieth birthday, I visited the Bode Museum in Berlin, where Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus was on loan for the summer.
Dec 30, 2025
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The Crisis in Higher Education: A Debate with Michael Clune
When the vice president says "the universities are the enemy," let’s believe him.
Apr 20, 2025
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Thailand is preparing to deport dozens of Uyghur asylum seekers
An urgent follow-up to "The Long Road from Xinjiang"
Jan 16, 2025
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The Crisis in Higher Education: A Debate with Michael Clune
Apr 20, 2025
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#34. Distraction
Jul 10, 2023
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#18. “In which the traveller takes a notebook”
Jul 5, 2021
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#35. Apartheid Cartography
Dec 15, 2023
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#36. Job, Journalism, Protest
Jul 26, 2024
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#15: Reeducated
Apr 1, 2021
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On Distortion
Revisiting a journalistic (mal)practice
Jan 6, 2025
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Rear-view
What happened (to me) in 2024
Dec 28, 2024
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#40. The Long Road from Xinjiang
Our two-year investigation into the Uyghur refugee crisis
Dec 20, 2024
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#39. The Hasakah Base
A drive in Syria
Dec 8, 2024
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#38. A Year in Hell
Dante, Gaza, and Lebanon
Oct 10, 2024
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#37: Writing lately enjoyed
New from me: Some reflections on the life and work of James C.
Sep 10, 2024
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#36. Job, Journalism, Protest
Some updates
Jul 26, 2024
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