Articles

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

Congressman Grayson Wins Another Round Congressman Grayson Wins Another Round

Florida Congressman Alan Grayson keeps provoking congressional Republicans and their media allies with fact-based challenges to the lies being used to block health care reform. T...

Oct 21, 2009 / John Nichols

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