“When all you are becomes defined as the amount of information traceable to you, what are we then? What have we become, in a world where there is no separation, no door, […]
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 […]
We can't take Iraq neat, we need a chaser

The upcoming presidential election and the economy are pretty poor excuses for our inability to focus on Iraq. Especially since we’ve not only passed the 4,000 mark of American dead, but 25 […]
Have you heard? Ahmadinejad was certified Kosher

A sergeant in the US Army Special Forces with whom I’m acquainted turned me on to an article on Israel’s Ynet in which a member of the Knesset responded to the Iran […]