The New York Times Magazine
20/1/2016
How the ‘Perfect Storm’ Became the Perfect Cop-Out. Invoking an act of God to explain a human-made tragedy has become the go-to excuse in public life. Text by Charles Homans. Art Direction by Frank Augugliaro.
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