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Check Your Privilege
In surveillance as in so many other matters, the test of a just system is not how it treats the privileged.
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Rules and Architectures
Julian Sanchez urges, not unilateral disarmament, as some have accused, but safeguards in signals intelligence.
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Glamour and Sprezzatura
Grant McCracken brings in another kind of visual persuasion - sprezzatura, the art of concealing all art.
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Political Victory Punctures Illusions
Virginia Postrel warns: Joining a political movement may be glamorous, but political victory has a way of puncturing one's illusions.
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No Fireworks on the Fourth of July?
Virginia Postrel discusses the power of visual persuasion in politics, its peril and also its promise.
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Luxury, Glamour, and Power
Grant McCracken discusses luxury, glamour, and how the two of them relate to political power.
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Smile, You Are on CNN!
Autumn Whitefield-Madrano looks at what people want in their representatives. Turns out it's... themselves.