A Modest Proposal
Islam and America’s Most Powerful Cult
Implications of a Pointless War
Wednesday: 16 Iraqis Killed, 67 Wounded
Updated at 6:26 p.m. EDT, Sept. 8, 2010
As the Eid al-Fitr holiday draws near, small attacks are on the upswing. At least 16 Iraqis were killed and 67 more were wounded in the latest violence. Also, the first group of American soldiers deployed under Operation New Dawn have arrived in Iraq.
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In conversation with a progressive friend of mine the other day, I had occasion to hear a valid criticism of my writing: why, he asked me, do you limit yourself to attacking the left on the war question, why not praise them when they're doing something right? This is...
No Tears Needed Over the Demise of the US Empire
In a recent column, Thomas Friedman, probably the most influential “internationalist” – read: proponent of U.S. interventionism in faraway places – has finally discovered that the United States must soon turn inward and put domestic economic growth first because of...
Religious Leaders Condemn Growing Islamophobia
Leaders of some three dozen mainstream U.S. religious denominations Tuesday condemned what many commentators have called a rising tide of Islamophobia touched off by the recent controversy over the construction of a Muslim community center in Lower Manhattan, two...
Will Our Generals Ever Shut Up?
The fall issue of Foreign Policy magazine features Fred Kaplan's “The Transformer,” an article-cum-interview with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. It received a flurry of attention because Gates indicated he might leave his post “sometime in 2011.” The most...
Tuesday: 2 US Soldiers, 16 Iraqis Killed; 19 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 6:50 p.m. EDT, Sept. 8, 2010
A Kurdish Iraqi soldier killed two U.S. soldiers in one of four reported attacks on American targets. At least 16 Iraqis were killed and 19 more were wounded as well. Meanwhile, six months have passed since national elections, yet the new government has not been selected. Also, looted artifacts are slowly being returned to Iraq.
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