Conspiracy theories are not a big problem for a large majority of Americans and they wonder how this marginal group…
Terrorism
An Asshole and Killer, But “Our Asshole and Killer”
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is the guy who runs the show in Saudi Arabia and a ruthlessly interesting dude…
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution
Who knows what evil lurks in the small print of great documents? The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, What could be…
Nothing new here—except a Good Idea
The current terrorist plots are not another 911 or suicide bombing in New York. They’re an agonizingly simple and effective…
Sunnis Laying Low in Iraq and Waiting for the Pullout
A changing of the guard, in the form of General Petraeus handing over the keys to General Odiermo, presages by…
Seven Years after 9-11, Time to Get over It
The annual national hysteria over the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon is in full cry.…
Border Security–Accepting the Fabric of Fear
–> We are not a fearful nation, nor (if we reject Michael Chertoff’s continuing effort to scare us to death)…
The Next Great Idea in the Bush Doctrine of Preemptive War
Along comes Walter Pincus, an able enough Washington Post staff writer to disabuse us of any intention by incumbent George…
Robert Gates, the Right Man at a Very Late Time in the Game
Bob Gates has done a great many things right in his brief tenure as Secretary of Defense. Not the least…
Hardened Suspects and Innocent Cab Drivers
Administration Strategy for Detention Now in Disarray By Michael Abramowitz Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, June 13, 2008; A01 In…