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David Rieff

David Rieff is a journalist and writer. He is the author, most recently, of In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and Its Ironies.

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December 14, 2010
David Rieff
Wikileaks and the Cyberwars to Come
December 3, 2010
David Rieff
The Wikileaks Strike at the Heart of American Exceptionalism
November 29, 2010
David Rieff
The Humanitarian Aid Industry's Most Absurd Apologist
November 8, 2010
David Rieff
What a Surprise. We Abandoned Haiti.
November 1, 2010
David Rieff
The Gates Foundation's Delusional Techno-Messianism
October 19, 2010
David Rieff
Abused by Hope
September 27, 2010
David Rieff
How Obama Was Brainwashed by the Microsoft Theory of Foreign Aid
September 17, 2010
David Rieff
If Disaster Aid Is Key to the War on Terrorism, Then Why Won't Obama Appoint Someone to Coordinate Disaster Aid?
September 6, 2010
David Rieff
The Unwisdom of Crowds
August 31, 2010
David Rieff
At Least President Bush Was Sincere About Afghanistan
August 23, 2010
David Rieff
Hillary Clinton's Naïve, Muddled Approach to Development
August 16, 2010
David Rieff
Losing Hearts and Minds: Development and Its Discontents
August 3, 2010
David Rieff
How NGOs Became Pawns in the War on Terrorism
July 26, 2010
David Rieff
Get Out Yesterday
July 20, 2010
David Rieff
Justice Begins at Home
July 12, 2010
David Rieff
First, Do No Harm
July 6, 2010
David Rieff
Has Liberal Interventionism Run Its Course?
June 27, 2010
David Rieff
Is the Internet Making Americans More Willing to Intervene in Faraway Countries?
June 27, 2010
David Rieff
Armchair Experts
June 23, 2010
David Rieff
Imagine (With Apologies to John Lennon)

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