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Quotation for Today, Monday October 12
Unintended consequence #1: Obama’s mantra is that the US is not special. But the Nobel Committee considers the US to be so important that they’ve now given three peace prizes to American p… more →
The Inquiring Mind
Almanacco del Giorno - 2 Dec. 2009
Nicola di Bowery wrote 3 days ago: Wittgenstein – Sulla stessa barca (No Berlusconi Day) Gothamist – MTV Talks About the … more →
Almanacco del Giorno - 24 Nov. 2009
Nicola di Bowery wrote 1 week ago: Dillinger – Sigarette ai bambini Alyssa Rosenberg – Is Zach Braff to Blame for the State … more →
ISW President Kim Kagan talks Afghanistan with Katie Couric
understandingwar wrote 1 week ago: This week, Katie Couric examines the road ahead in Afghanistan, and the crucial decision President O … more →
Stripping Bare The Critique
Dylan Byers wrote 3 weeks ago: On October 18, 2009, George Packer wrote a disparaging review of Mark Danner and his new book, Strip … more →
Ethics, Book Reviews and Iraq
Taylor Bright wrote 4 weeks ago: Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor and Publisher, (also contributor to The Huffington Post) has found a … more →
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Oct. 17, 2009
Dylan Byers wrote 1 month ago: Mark Danner was on Bill Moyers Journal last night, promoting his new book Stripping Bare the Body (N … more →
Quotation for Today, Monday October 12
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adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: Unintended consequence #1: Obama’s mantra is that the US is not special. But the Nobel Committ … more →
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Oct. 6, 2009
Dylan Byers wrote 2 months ago: Last weekend, James Traub put the essential question about America’s policy in Afghanistan int … more →
Only going forward
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Karaka wrote 2 months ago: George Packer’s recent profile of Richard Holbrooke that appeared in the New Yorker last week … more →
Interview with a Canadian about our mission in A/Stan
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reneethewriter wrote 2 months ago: Interview. First of two parts. Note: This is not the individual being interviewed. —— … more →
Recommended reading.
therealdeals wrote 2 months ago: (Gen. McChrystal at center) From the always interesting George Packer’s The New Yorker blog … more →
Our Corn Flakes Are On Fire
aroundthesphere wrote 2 months ago: Bob Woodward in WaPo: The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warns in an urgent, confidentia … more →
Monday Medley
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NPI wrote 2 months ago: What we read while condescending others with small fruit… New York Magazine reports that Bob D … more →
Readings: Week 38
Dylan Byers wrote 2 months ago: Rainer Maria Rilke, c. 1905 Rainer Maria Rilke: “Interiors” (The Paris Review, Fall 2009) | “You mus … more →
Somehow, It's Always the Fixer Who Dies
babamoto wrote 2 months ago: News item: KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – NATO troops freed a kidnapped British reporter for the Ne … more →
Greed is not good.
sdrury wrote 2 months ago: At some point we will eventually understand that we have enough. Clothes, cars, games, houses… … more →
The Year Was Hip, Happening And Full Of Giant Steps
aroundthesphere wrote 4 months ago: Fred Kaplan of Slate has a new book out on 1959. Some posts from Kaplan at Slate on the book, here a … more →
American liberals talking about women and Islam
Max wrote 5 months ago: One of my favorite photos ever from the New York Times There is an great, wide-ranging discussion ab … more →
More Packer
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urbino wrote 5 months ago: First, please see my update to my previous post about Packer’s reaction to Iran. Second, I thi … more →
