Archive for October, 2011

A Timely Reminder that We’ve Done this Before

I recently got my hands on Susan Meiselas’ remarkable book, “Kurdistan, in the Shadow of History.” This morning, over breakfast, I started the section that talks about Iraq in the 1930s and came across a clipping from the British magazine, “The Sphere” published October 1, 1932. It reads: “By the end of this month, or [...]