16
Feb
Note: ‘When We Swam Together’
111 MHz: ‘When We Swam Together.’ The Lebanese composer and producer Fadi Tabbal is back with I Recognize You From
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16
Feb
Men in gray
What’s the Trump administration doing to the U.S. federal bureaucracy? Francis Fukuyama on the real drivers of waste in the American civil service and the democratic peril in attacking it politically.
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13
Feb
Retreat from Europe
Member’s despatch, Week VII
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11
Feb
It’s a sabotage
What’s behind the wave of clandestine Russian attacks in Europe? Darrell Driver on the psychological campaign to change European hearts and minds about Ukraine.
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09
Feb
Imperial presidency
Is there really an autocratic threat coming from inside American democracy? Daniel Bessner on the growth of U.S. presidential power and the resiliency of the remaining checks on it.
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07
Feb
Coming soon
Coming soon. Next Friday, The Signal will debut the member’s despatch, a weekly digest on current affairs. The despatch
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06
Feb
Note: Even the Horizon Knows Its Bounds
‘Even the Horizon Knows Its Bounds.’ The Australian artist and curator Lawrence English may be best known for running the
05
Feb
Note: Whoever controls Damascus
Whoever controls Damascus. They’d cooperated for years in the Syrian civil war against the now-fallen dictator, Bashar al-Assad—but
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05
Feb
Note: State of Silence
5 W Main: State of Silence. On taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify
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04
Feb
Note: ‘Issa’
111 MHz: ‘Issa.’ The Malian desert blues band Songhoy Blues is back with their fourth album, Heritage. From which, here’