We have at least learned that the offspring of presidents don't necessarily make good politicians themselves. George Packer goodlearnmake Change image and share on social
It seems in America you are stuck with the position you adopted, even when events change, in order to claim absolute consistency. That can't be good. George Packer absoluteadoptamerica Change image and share on social
I need to protect myself from my own addictive impulse. George Packer addictiveimpulseprotect Change image and share on social
The best example of Obama's success in foreign policy is Iran. George Packer foreigniranobama Change image and share on social
The invisibility of work and workers in the digital age is as consequential as the rise of the assembly line and, later, the service economy. George Packer ageassemblyconsequential Change image and share on social
I have my sympathies and also my critical views, and they aren't much of a secret, but my first job is to see and hear and think about what I've seen and heard. George Packer criticalhavehear Change image and share on social
Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals to motherland and religion. George Packer appealarchcold Change image and share on social
By the fall of 2007, my last remaining Iraqi friend in Baghdad had left. Once he was gone, my connection to the country and the war began to thin, even as the terror diminished. I missed the improvement that came with the surge, and so, in my nervous system, I never quite registered it. George Packer baghdadbeginconnection share on social
Liberal democracies like ours seem, for the most part, to have learned how to avoid meticulously planned mass-casualty plots with the complexity and scale of 9/11. But they don't know how to keep their citizens safe at night clubs and concerts, in supermarkets, on beachfront promenades, from truck drivers. George Packer avoidbeachfrontcasualty share on social
I actually think that self-interest is overrated as an all-purpose guide to political motive. It leaves out something at least as powerful and immovable - individual psychology. George Packer guideimmovableindividual Change image and share on social