Led Mideast/Europe/Africa/Caribbean at the Associated Press, author and publisher of Ask Questions Later at danperry.substack.com

Dan Perry’s Journalist Portfolio

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MSNBC, NewsNation, Al Jazeera appearances

MSNBC, NewsNation, Al Jazeera appearances

YouTube — Appearances on MSNBC, Al Jazeera, NewsNation and more

Immigration Fears Everywhere (Newsweek)

Immigration Fears Everywhere (Newsweek)

Newsweek — This is, essentially, the reason Brexit happened

A pivot point on Gaza (The Hill)

A pivot point on Gaza (The Hill)

The Hill — One might ask why Hamas decided to roll the dice this way.

Israel's democracy threatened (CNN)

Israel's democracy threatened (CNN)

CNN — Israel’s existence is in peril — certainly as a democracy and, in the longer term, as a viable economy and Jewish state.

Information also wants to be expensive (MediaIte)

Information also wants to be expensive (MediaIte)

Mediaite — What ramparts keep idiocracy at bay? It is the news media, and you get what you pay for.

Debating US guns with a true believer (i24)

Debating US guns with a true believer (i24)

ELO PODCAST — Uploaded by Dan Perry on 2023-01-25.

Perhaps humanity is artificial? (Newsweek)

Perhaps humanity is artificial? (Newsweek)

Newsweek — Since computers cannot be humans, maybe the convergence will persuade people that we are actually nothing more than biological computers. What will that do to our state of mind?

The World That Knew Too Much (Miami Herald)

The World That Knew Too Much (Miami Herald)

Miami Herald — The avalanche of criticism about the corrosive impact of social media has tended to focus on the viral spread of lies. But social media-indeed technological progress as a whole-may be harming us no less by revealing the unvarnished truth about ourselves.

Soccer's infuriating absence of precision (Newsweek)

Soccer's infuriating absence of precision (Newsweek)

Newsweek — Americans watching the World Cup might scream out in frustration: Where are my tenths of a second???

China and Taiwan (i24)

China and Taiwan (i24)

i24 — There's no reason to think the Chinese are bizarrely immune to the universal human desire to not be trampled too horribly by others

The world's liberals lack killer instinct (Newsweek)

The world's liberals lack killer instinct (Newsweek)

Newsweek — Liberals are far daintier that the global populist dragon - but pulling punches will not yield the knockout they need. Clarity need not be simplicity; determination need not be fanaticism.

Debating UK politics (i24)

Debating UK politics (i24)

Truss was a fake-Brexiteer and wannabe Thatcher who now learns that bad karma comes with a price

What's really at stake in Iran

What's really at stake in Iran

Jerusalem Post

Debating the Russia-Ukraine war

Debating the Russia-Ukraine war

I24 — Debate on the Ukraine War (I24)

The Astounding Gluttony of Giants

The Astounding Gluttony of Giants

Newsweek — The refusal of Russia and China to make do with their huge territories ls spawning a revanchist wave that should be resisted

Sure, let abortion be political (NY Daily News)

Sure, let abortion be political (NY Daily News)

New York Daily News — If they stop being timid, the Democrats should be able to hold on, kill the filibuster, and enshrine abortion rights and much else besides. And they would be doing it the old-fashioned way: by the will of we the people.

You Can't Subscribe to Everything (Mediaite)

You Can't Subscribe to Everything (Mediaite)

Mediaite — Information does not, in fact, want to be free. Good content is scarce, and scarcity has value.

Gun madness is the mental health issue (Substack)

Gun madness is the mental health issue (Substack)

Substack.com — The gun madness that Americans seem prepared to accept in perpetuity is unique among developed nations and reflects an incredible paralysis in a country that for decades was a beacon of innovation and democracy for the world. And what's amazing is that this most political of issues carries no visible consequences for those responsible, meaning the Republican Party.

Is It Curtains For Foreign Correspondents? Not Exactly (Mediaite)

Is It Curtains For Foreign Correspondents? Not Exactly (Mediaite)

Mediaite — In their place comes a global journalistic cadre defined by skills, persistence, elegance and intelligence – as opposed to passport

Journalism is too big to fail

Journalism is too big to fail

universul.net — The Russia-Ukraine tragedy offers a useful reminder of the vital importance of the news media in any country and for the world. We seem to love to criticize it viciously, but we do so at our peril.

Time to rethink globalization? (Newsweek)

Time to rethink globalization? (Newsweek)

Newsweek — Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is imperiling more than just the balance of power in Europe. It could spark a world-changing reversal on globalization. What was once widely seen as a boon for humanity has bred bitter resentments over deindustrialization in the West and an awkward dependence on despotic regimes.

Putin, we have a problem (NY Daily News)

Putin, we have a problem (NY Daily News)

New York Daily News — About 14 years ago, we started hearing about a "credit crunch" and "U.S. subprime crisis" - but these labels did not begin to capture the essence of the global meltdown now known as the Great Recession. A similar diminishment is happening with the "Ukraine Crisis": Hard as it is to believe, we have an even bigger problem, and its name is Vladimir Putin.

Invite Ukraine into the EU, not NATO

Invite Ukraine into the EU, not NATO

Haaretz

Scenes of Unimportance (PHOTO GALLERY)

Scenes of Unimportance (PHOTO GALLERY)

picflow.com — A photo gallery featuring a horse, an iguana, several birds and a horde of strange persons
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