Department Index
Fighting Words 2009:
A wartime lexicon.
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- Hard Evidence Seven salient facts about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
Nov. 16, 2009 - The Lessons of 1989 The fall of the Berlin Wall is a reminder of the duty of solidarity.
Nov. 9, 2009 - First, Silence the Whistle-Blower The United Nations' shameful complicity in this year's corrupt Afghan elections.
Nov. 2, 2009 - Faith No More What I've learned from debating religious people around the world.
Oct. 26, 2009 - Why Wait To Disarm Iran? There's no possible advantage in waiting until Tehran has nukes.
Oct. 19, 2009 - Dust in the Wind Sydney's spectacular storms remind Australians of their history.
Oct. 12, 2009 - Save the Children Thinking about Roman Polanski's vile child rape in a global context.
Oct. 5, 2009 - First They Came for the Pigs The terrible consequences of Egypt's swine slaughter.
Sept. 28, 2009 - Farewell to the Godfather Irving Kristol, 1920-2009
Sept. 20, 2009 - Engaging With Iran Is Like Having Sex With Someone Who Hates You Tehran's latest bid to run down the clock.
Sept. 14, 2009 - Don't Forget Why We're in Afghanistan and Iraq We're in a long war against Islamic terrorism.
Sept. 7, 2009 - Redemption Song Assessing the media version of the Kennedy "legacy."
Aug. 31, 2009 - Iran's Most Wanted Ahmadinejad's choice for defense minister is sought by Interpol for planning the bombing of an Argentine synagogue.
Aug. 24, 2009 - Yale Surrenders Why did Yale University Press remove images of Mohammed from a book about the Danish cartoons?
Aug. 17, 2009 - A Lousy Day's Work Was Bill Clinton's visit to North Korea worth the time, energy, and prestige? No way.
Aug. 10, 2009 - Obon Jour What a Japanese community festival tells us about America's gift for reconciliation.
Aug. 3, 2009 - A Man's Home Is His Constitutional Castle Henry Louis Gates Jr. should have taken his stand on the Bill of Rights, not on his epidermis or that of the arresting officer.
July 27, 2009 - A Sense of Historical Irony Leszek Kolakowski, 1927-2009.
July 20, 2009 - Did We Take a Wrong Turn in Afghanistan? Absolutely. But it's far too early for despair.
July 16, 2009 - What Happened to the Suicide Bombers of Jerusalem? Nasty, fanatical old men, not human emotions, decided who died and when.
July 13, 2009 - Did the Toppling of Saddam Hussein Lead to Recent Events in Iran? Given the connections between Iraq and Iran, it's not as unlikely as it sounds.
July 6, 2009 - Caught on Tape What the Nixon tapes tell us about the Republican Party.
June 29, 2009 - Persian Paranoia Iranian leaders will always believe Anglo-Saxons are plotting against them.
June 22, 2009 - Don't Call What Happened in Iran Last Week an Election It was a crudely stage-managed insult to everyone involved.
June 14, 2009 - When the Extreme Becomes the Norm What connects Obama's pronouncements on head scarves and the argument over released Guantanamo detainees?
June 8, 2009 - Remembering Amos Elon The historian who explained Israel to itself.
June 1, 2009 - The End of the Tamil Tigers Insurgencies don't always have history on their side.
May 25, 2009 - Obama's Court Jesters As Wanda Sykes showed, comedians aren't funny when they try to flatter the president.
May 18, 2009 - President of Which Israel? The president and prime minister have radically different visions for their country.
May 10, 2009 - Ruthless yet Humane Why Obama cited Churchill on torture.
May 4, 2009 - Yet Another CIA Failure What the torture revelations tell us about the culture of Langley.
April 27, 2009 - Ankara Shows Its Hand Turkey's scheming at the Strasbourg summit proves it doesn't belong in the European Union.
April 20, 2009 - Don't Be So Sensitive, Mr. President Truth comes before reconciliation.
April 13, 2009 - Telling the Truth About the Armenian Genocide We must resist Turkish pressure to distort history.
April 6, 2009 - Rascal Flatts The kings of Midwestern prom rock.
April 1, 2009 - Prince's New Album A new protégé and a lot of love for Salma Hayek.
March 31, 2009 - Let Them In When governments refuse to let politicians and academics into their countries, it's nothing but old-fashioned censorship.
March 30, 2009 - An Army of Extremists How some military rabbis are trying to radicalize Israeli soldiers.
March 23, 2009 - Terrorists, Dissidents, and Copy Editors Why it matters how the media describe killers in Iraq and Ireland.
March 16, 2009 - Swat? Not! Handing the Swat Valley to the Taliban was shameful and wrong.
March 9, 2009 - Don't Say a Word A U.N. resolution seeks to criminalize opinions that differ with the Islamic faith.
March 2, 2009 - Avigdor Lieberman's Chutzpah The right to return cannot confer the right to expel.
Feb. 23, 2009 - Don't Let the Mullahs Run Out the Clock Obama must talk directly to the Iranian people.
Feb. 15, 2009 - Is Zimbabwe Now a Rogue State? And is it germ warfare when cholera sufferers are forced to cross international boundaries?
Feb. 9, 2009 - Farewell to a Much-Misunderstood Man John Updike preferred to be wrong on account of the right reservations than right because of the wrong ones.
Feb. 2, 2009 - A Wonderful Day for Washington, D.C. Now it's time to hold President Obama accountable for his promises.
Jan. 26, 2009 - No Regrets Why I'm not sorry that George W. Bush beat Al Gore and John Kerry.
Jan. 19, 2009 - More Than a Good Feeling Why are so many oligarchs, royal families, and special-interest groups giving money to the Clinton Foundation?
Jan. 12, 2009 - Bad Timing Gaza could have been a model of the future Palestinian state. Instead, it is a place of repression and aggression.
Jan. 5, 2009
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