Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
How Norwegians responded to July attacks. "This guy wanted to kill me because I believe in democracy, openness, tolerance and dialogue. Well, f*** it. If that is what he wanted to kill me for, I am going to carry on fighting for it"
Profile of Anders Borg, Europe's best finance minister—and the only one with a pony-tail and ear-ring. Successfully stimulated Swedish economy by cutting taxes, while other countries borrowed their way deeper into debt.
Eurozone crisis will spread beyond economics. "Today, the question is no longer whether politics will become more populist and less internationalist; it is whether the consequences of that shift can be managed without turning ugly"
After the Norwegian killings. "Breivik is in some respects an occidental mirror of Osama bin Laden—a dangerous monster, perhaps, but not necessarily an irrational one. His anxieties may be overdrawn, but they are not irrational"
Breivik cannot be dismissed as a crazed loner. His ideas were drawn from a wider political milieu. Anti-Muslim bigots are stirring up a toxic brew; Islamists inflame followers with phoney claims of war on Muslims. We must stop this
On Anders Behring Breivik. "The irony for Europe is that the same process that brings the far right into the mainstream leaves its most extremist elements without the moderating influences of their now supposedly legitimate peers"
Profile of Swedish Justice Minister Eva Carin Beatrice Ask, who has called for such things as random drug testing of kids under 15 and a law forcing citizens to intervene in crimes. Soon, she may get a shot at Julian Assange
