Scott Shane
@scottshanenyt.bsky.social
Author and 40-year journalist, now retired (New York Times, Baltimore Sun). Books: FLEE NORTH (underground railroad and domestic slave trade), Objective Troy (American terrorist) and Dismantling Utopia (Soviet collapse). Baltimore.
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The paperback of my book FLEE NORTH is out today (new cover!), and I’m grateful to readers who have told me what they value in the book -- a lot of hugely rewarding conversations for me. (Need a gift for a history lover? Options to buy the book, including on audio, are here: scottshane.org.)
If I were about to capitulate to Vladimir Putin, as Trump and Vance seem to be, it might seem like a good tactic to pick a public fight with Putin's adversary. It might distract at least a few Americans from how "peace through strength" has become peace through abject weakness.
February 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If I were about to capitulate to Vladimir Putin, as Trump and Vance seem to be, it might seem like a good tactic to pick a public fight with Putin's adversary. It might distract at least a few Americans from how "peace through strength" has become peace through abject weakness.
It's been interesting to watch pro-Trump media attack USAID based on a document that I posted online years ago. I'll write a thread with the basics, but the full story just went up on the invaluable National Security Archive
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site here: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
@NSArchive
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The Anwar al-Awlaki File, Explained
Update - February 14, 2025Washington, D.C., February 14, 2025 - Some 14 years after Anwar al-Awlaki's death in an American drone strike, the Al Qaeda terrorist has become the unlikely subject of a flu...
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February 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It's been interesting to watch pro-Trump media attack USAID based on a document that I posted online years ago. I'll write a thread with the basics, but the full story just went up on the invaluable National Security Archive
@NSArchive
site here: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
@NSArchive
site here: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
A truly astonishing statistic. Come on, Elon, take a break from tweeting and give it a try!
According to Barron’s, Elon Musk’s wealth increased by almost $200 billion between November 5 and December 20. That means he could give $250,000 to every homeless person in the US and still be as rich as he was on November 5.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
December 27, 2024 at 7:14 PM
A truly astonishing statistic. Come on, Elon, take a break from tweeting and give it a try!
Thanks to the NYT Book Review for the shout-out for my book FLEE NORTH in its Paperback Row column! Just in time for last-minute holiday giving....And to Gabrielle Dean of Johns Hopkins University for her quite moving account of what she chose as her favorite read of 2024. Many thanks to her!
December 18, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Thanks to the NYT Book Review for the shout-out for my book FLEE NORTH in its Paperback Row column! Just in time for last-minute holiday giving....And to Gabrielle Dean of Johns Hopkins University for her quite moving account of what she chose as her favorite read of 2024. Many thanks to her!
The paperback of my book FLEE NORTH is out today (new cover!), and I’m grateful to readers who have told me what they value in the book -- a lot of hugely rewarding conversations for me. (Need a gift for a history lover? Options to buy the book, including on audio, are here: scottshane.org.)
December 3, 2024 at 12:56 PM
The paperback of my book FLEE NORTH is out today (new cover!), and I’m grateful to readers who have told me what they value in the book -- a lot of hugely rewarding conversations for me. (Need a gift for a history lover? Options to buy the book, including on audio, are here: scottshane.org.)