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The logical sequel

A new issue of Public Diplomacy is out. From the Claremont Review of Books, a review of books on George Washington (and more at The New Yorker). It is, perhaps, the logical sequel to a decade in which Americans were encouraged to use their homes as ATMs: the recent announcement that next month will see the debut of the first gold-dispensing ATMs in the United States. Killing Fields: A review of Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder and Stalin's Genocides: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity by Norman M Naimark. No such thing as a private source of information: In these days of the internet, says Jonathan Wolff, it's impossible to hide your sources. What the Romans do for us: The head of MI5 is in good company when he admits to being inspired by the classical stories. Redeeming the Almanac: Molly McCarthy on learning to appreciate the iPhone of Early America. Inside Government TV interviews Bill Fletcher, Jr. about his book, co-authored with Fernando Gapasin, Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice. A review of Everything is Broken: The Untold Story of Disaster Under Burma's Military Regime by Emma Larkin (and more and more and more). The Vigilante: Italy’s Northern League party exploits a brutal crime for a dubious law. Here's a modest proposal for single black women in South Florida.