John Richardson | Esquire | 10 August 2012 Report from Fort McMurray, Alberta, "little Canadian town that might just destroy the world". Huge reserves of tar-sand oil waiting to be piped to Texas refineries. But should US be feeding or fighting addiction to foreign oil? Comments Bradley Martin | Boston Globe | 12 August 2012 "The streetscape of Pyongyang tells much of the story of North Korea: The gulf between the strange ambitions of the buildings and the often invisible citizens for whom they are notionally built" Comments Tom Breihan | Classical | 13 August 2012 If you're over seven feet tall, between 20 and 40 years old, and in the US, you're one of only 70. Breihan investigates what it's like to be a giant. He should have some idea. He measures up at six foot eleven. And three quarters Comments Marc Lynch | Foreign Policy | 13 August 2012 After weeks of looking ineffectual, the Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, has exploded into life, removing the military top brass and cancelling their controversial constitutional amendments. Here's what it means Comments Russ Buettner | NYT | 11 August 2012 Ten years ago her internet company sold for $70m. Now she sits bankrupt in a prison cell, unable to raise bail and facing upwards of 15 years in prison for selling prescription painkillers to a cop. What happened? Comments John Gray | BBC | 10 August 2012 Thriving culture doesn't need modern Western levels of democracy and personal liberty, but it does need some freedom to breathe. Ancient China and tsarist Russia produced great art. Maoist China and Soviet Russia stifled it Comments | 
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