David Quigg
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December 31, 2009
David
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Will America Remember the Five Canadians Killed Today in Afghanistan?
in Global Pedestrian
Right now, just hours after someone detonated an improvised explosive device and killed four Canadian soldiers and one Canadian journalist in Afghanistan, I'm reflecting on words Canada's defense ...
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December 27, 2009
The intellectual trap of exploring a new place — whether through actual travel or by reading a book set there — is the practically unconscious assumption that we can generalize. Having just finish...
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December 20, 2009
I hope the New York Times will do a follow-up story on Friday's "G.I.’s in Iraq Hope to Heal Sacred Walls." The story — like an NPR broadcast in 2007 and a Smithsonian piece in 2008 — doesn't answ...
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December 17, 2009
The Good Soldiers is nearly unbearable. Relentlessly so. Commendably so. Whether you're a combat veteran, a soldier's mom, an Iraqi, the 43rd U.S. president, an ordinary American, or some pundit w...
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December 11, 2009
David
wrote
Pakistan's "Cowed" Majority: "One Guy Who's Willing To Die Is Equal To 100 Who Aren't"
in Global Pedestrian
In a recent NPR interview, National Book Award finalist Daniyal Mueenuddin spoke with arresting candor about Pakistan, using the word "feudalism" to describe the structure of life in the Indus Riv...
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About David Quigg
David Quigg is a writer and photographer. Before quitting newspaper journalism in 2003 to stay home with his newborn son and toddler daughter, David covered the World Trade Organization riots, politics, local government, and all things Seattle for The (Tacoma) News Tribune. In addition to Big Think, he now writes for The Huffington Post and his own blog, which he describes as "an undignified glimpse of the scattershot passions that, with any luck, will conspire to prevent me from ever serving as an expert panelist." He is the author of an unpublished novel, Void Where Prohibited.