Kevin Connolly | BBC | 22 October 2011 "He was an old-fashioned, theatrical sort of tyrant, whose lineage you can trace from the bombastic ravings of Mussolini, through the kilted debauchery of Idi Amin, to the platform-heeled kleptocracy of Omar Bongo of Gabon" Comments David Devoss | Smithsonian | 20 October 2011 Brief history of Chinese boom city. Opium trade key to 19th century growth. Now home to 23 million people and more than 200 skyscrapers. "We’re from Shanghai. We care only about money. You want to talk politics, go to Beijing" Comments John Paul Stevens | NYRB | 21 October 2011 You cannot accuse the former Supreme Court judge of being an easy read, but plenty to ponder in this review-essay focusing on the history of discrimination against African-Americans. They are under-policed, and over-punished Comments Robert Draper | National Geographic | 19 October 2011 Despatch from Rift Valley where a desperate, violent battle for land and resources is playing out. "Overcrowding has spawned an anxiety so primal and omnipresent that one hears the same plea over and over again: We want land!" Comments Franz Cede | American Interest | 21 October 2011 Former Austrian ambassador to Moscow compares post-Habsburg Austria with post-Soviet Russia. Very different countries, many points of comparison. "The sudden loss of empire has a way of taking the wind out of politics in general" Comments Michael McRae | Outside | 21 October 2011 More than a decade ago, biologist Mike Fay walked across Africa, spurring the creation of national parks and making him a conservation star. So why, after fighting to protect wild places, is he now questioning the basis of his work? Comments | 
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