The Growing Threat of Tyranny: Protecting Our Freedoms in a Changing World: In today’s world, the future seems more uncertain than ever before. We find ourselves increasingly reliant on political forces that often seem to defy common sense and prioritize their own interests over those of the people they’re supposed to serve. As Hannah Arendt astutely noted in “The Origins of Totalitarianism,” these forces can appear downright insane when judged by the standards of previous centuries.
Behind the Barred Windows: How Afghanistan’s War on Drugs Became a Battle for Souls : If you walk through Kabul today, it might look cleaner than it did a few years ago. The parks once filled with men sprawled under the sun, the bridges littered with used needles and broken glass — they’re mostly empty now. Kids are playing again in Shahr-e-Naw Park. But behind the locked doors and barred windows of the city’s rehab centers, another battle rages — one far more complicated than it looks from the outside.
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