Monthly Archives: November 2009

The Economic Hitman returns — and this time, Obama is a target

That’s John Perkins on the cover his latest best-selling book. He’s hiding behind sunglasses and a dark suit, looking like a shadowy hitman — which he was. Perkins didn’t kill people. He bullied them with financial coercion, thus his nom … Continue reading

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Pakistan before the Taliban: A photographic journey

The first in a series of ‘round-the-world photo essays that will also spotlight Iran, Iraq, Syria, North Africa, West Africa, Europe, and other destinations He looked to be nine years old, and in the middle of a Pakistani park, in … Continue reading

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