Patrick Iber
Co-editor, Dissent Magazine. I teach history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Write books about Cold War culture and propaganda. Have written for the set of all publications that are not members of themselves
- Pepe Mújica has died, not unexpectedly, at age 89. A couple of years ago I had the chance to visit his famous little farm and listen to him reflect on life for a couple of hours www.bbc.com/news/article...
- I think Josie's theory of neo-kayfabe is important not just for Democrats but for people outside the US to understand what is going on
- What is the point of words, one would like to know
- I watched this event live (as did more than 400 other people), and recommend it highly
- Lessons from Latin America as the United States Confronts Enforced Disappearance: Here are notes and embedded video from our 4/30 panel, hosted with the National Security Archive, with 3 longtime leaders in the fight against enforced disappearance in Latin America. www.wola.org/2025/05/less...
- I am offended that someone wrote a memoir about the joys of birding and did not call it "Tweet Yourself" www.aba.org/an-artful-me...
- It took more than four years to do it but AMLO in Mexico sold the luxury presidential plane (to Tajikistan) and flew commercial; somebody could get at least an article out of the politics of presidential travel www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/w...
- Overseeing the presidential gift rules was among my duties as White House Ethics Czar -- so I know how it's supposed to work The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
- At first I assumed he was arrested while protesting (respect!) but it isn't so, which is far more concerning for what it says about the rule of law
