Illusions of Victory Illusions of Victory
The United States did not reinvent war after 9/11. It only thought it did.
Aug 12, 2008 / Feature / Andrew J. Bacevich
Dispatch From Georgia Dispatch From Georgia
As Russian troops occupy city after city in Georgia, the feeling here that the government has overestimated how much support it will receive from the West.
Aug 11, 2008 / Feature / Margarita Akhvlediani
Brad, Angelina and the Baby Bump Bonanza Brad, Angelina and the Baby Bump Bonanza
As print journalism faces extinction, tabloids obsess over celebrity pregnancy and childbirth. What's wrong with this picture?
Aug 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Meredith Blake
The Tragedy of Ehud Olmert The Tragedy of Ehud Olmert
The fall of Ehud Olmert is a tragedy for Israel and the world--squandering a genuine opportunity for a breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab relations.
Aug 11, 2008 / Feature / Hillel Schenker
The Bruja The Bruja
This Week: Dieter Countryman would like to do some enhanced interrogating, while Congresswoman Kang drops in to get in the groove with a witchy woman.
Aug 11, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
Getting Georgia’s War On Getting Georgia’s War On
Russia's war in Georgia excites John McCain and the same neocons who led us into earlier disasters.
Beyond Beijing: China’s Toughest Competition Beyond Beijing: China’s Toughest Competition
How will the Olympics play in the Chinese equivalent of Peoria, among a populace skeptical of the government's intent and eager to tout their own economic clout?
Aug 8, 2008 / Feature / Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess
Does GOP Stand for Grampa’s Old Politicians? Does GOP Stand for Grampa’s Old Politicians?
The future of the Republican brand rests in the text message happy hands of young America--which should scare the living daylights out of John McCain.
Aug 6, 2008 / Feature / Andy Kroll
Bush’s Time Horizon in Iraq Bush’s Time Horizon in Iraq
Everyone was baffled by the President's use of the term "time horizon" for withdrawal from Iraq. But when you consider the term's origin on Wall Street, it makes perfect, cynical s...
Aug 5, 2008 / Feature / Allen McDuffee