Cliff’s False Notes Cliff’s False Notes
Who was to blame for Clifford Irving's fake Howard Hughes autobiography? Irving, for sure, but don't forget the publishing industry.
Oct 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Charles Lam Markmann
British-Style Fakery British-Style Fakery
Thomas Chatterton was the balloon boy of eighteenth-century British literary circles.
Oct 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Horace Gregory
Precious Precious
I did another piece on J Street for the IHT. It's called "Voices in the Wilderness" and that's here and then Le Monde Diplomatique asked me to do a podcast and that's her...
Oct 22, 2009 / Eric Alterman
How to Get Out How to Get Out
Elements of a responsible withdrawal.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
The Best Wall of Defense The Best Wall of Defense
The most dependable guarantor of Pakistani stability isn't a troop buildup in Afghanistan; it's Pakistan's emerging middle class.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Mosharraf Zaidi
Paranoia Over Pakistan Paranoia Over Pakistan
Is Pakistan really in danger of falling into the hands of the Taliban?
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Manan Ahmed
Attack of the Drones Attack of the Drones
Airstrikes, manned or unmanned, regulated or not, cannot build a better Afghan future.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Priya Satia
The Ethnic Split The Ethnic Split
The tenacity of the Taliban insurgency is rooted in opposition to a foreign occupation that is particularly distasteful to the Pashtuns.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Selig S. Harrison
The ‘Safe Haven’ Myth The ‘Safe Haven’ Myth
If we leave Afghanistan, Al Qaeda will be in no position to re-establish a base there.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / John Mueller
High Cost, Low Odds High Cost, Low Odds
Staying in Afghanistan will cost many more American soldiers' lives and hundreds of billions of dollars. Is it worth it?
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Stephen M. Walt