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Dispatch from Mayfair
Of course I am worried about the Taliban, about the gains ISIS has made in the past few months, and about the recent targeting of Westerners in Kabul, but even the fear is theoretical; I can only project what I will feel when sheer luck and good sense are the only things between the intentions of terrorists and myself.
“Love words, agonize over sentences, and pay attention to the world.”
— Susan Sontag