Part 1…lying sidelong on a divan in the Senate cloakroom That John Kerry and his Senate Foreign Relations Committee are a regular bunch of cards. Their Aug. 10 report, “Afghanistan’s Narco War: […]
Chasing the dragon, pt. 1
Ban on space weapons not enough to keep satellites from being shot down
THE DEPROLIFERATOR — At New Paradigms Forum, Christopher Ford writes that an attack on our military and commercial satellites “would be no less an act of war than attacking one of our […]
The Buddhist bomb
The Deproliferator The development of nuclear weapons can be a significant source of national pride. When Pakistan successfully detonated five nuclear devices during its first underground test in 1998, it was reported: […]
A fool's errand
Some time ago, an idea to save Afghanistan floated on a few editorial cycles. Afghanistan grows some of the world’s best pomegranates, coincidentally the “nature’s miracle” of the moment. If we could […]
Got change?
The buzzing topic of conversation throughout liberal America appears to be just how much change the new president brings to the table. His stalwart defenders rally to his side on comment threads, […]
Would bagging bin-Laden deal the Republicans a death blow?
To the confusion of those who voted for him, President Obama insists on treating Republicans with a respect that no one outside the party thinks they any longer deserve. After his victory, […]
Our man in Bananastan
By Jeff Huber Truth is truly stranger than fiction. Graham Greene’s 1958 spy novel Our Man in Havana told a tragicomic tale of false intelligence crafted to suit the needs of a […]
Pakistanis offer their two cents on catching Bin Laden
At the rate we’re going, we won’t apprehend Osama Bin Laden until he’s an octogenarian. We’ll drag this broken old man, dialysis wires trailing behind him, out of his cozy bungalow near […]
Note to Pakistan: Winking does not a foreign policy make
From afar, Afghan boys find Predator drones exciting. In “Right at the Edge,” his essential article in the September 7 New York Times magazine about Afghanistan, Dexter Filkins writes: “The young fighters […]
Daily Brushback: So you say you want war with Russia? Some follow-up questions for Palin
by JS O’Brien Sarah Palin told ABC’s Charles Gibson yesterday that she favors admitting Georgia and the Ukraine, both on Russia’s borders, to NATO. When Gibson asked her if she would go […]
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