Why Is NATO Necessary?
We should shrink the alliance’s budget and ambitions and focus on the greatest threat to the West: economic crisis.
Print Magazine
May 28, 2012 Issue
Cover art by: Cover photo of Trina Garnett by Lynn Garnett, design by Milton Glaser Incorporated
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Editorial
Europe Rejects Austerity
The financial crunch has broken the illusion of stability, exposing a deeper crisis of representation.
Can the Euro Avert Collapse?
As politicians dither, the threat of default spreads from Greece to Spain and Italy.
Inside True the Vote
A spinoff of the King Street Patriots Texas Tea Party, True the Vote aims to have 1 million poll watchers in place by November.
Column
Jazz Fest and the Ghosts of New Orleans
In a city divided by extremes, the festival brings together all kinds of people to cook up something marvelous.
Letters
Feature
Throwaway People: Teens Sent to Die in Prison Will Get a Second Chance
Trina Garnett accidentally set a fatal fire when she was 14. That was in 1976. Could today’s Supreme Court ruling against juvenile life without parole finally bring her ho...
Don’t Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon’s Budget Could Boost the Economy
Spending the same money on education, or clean energy, would bring many more jobs—among other benefits.
International Criminal Court on Trial in Kenya
Has the ICC struck a blow against impunity or heightened tensions—or both?
If Charles Taylor Can Be Tried for War Crimes, Why Not Kissinger?
The former Liberian dictator abetted the atrocities of a proxy army. Henry Kissinger did the same in Indonesia/East Timor.
Books & the Arts
Jazz Fest and the Ghosts of New Orleans
In a city divided by extremes, the festival brings together all kinds of people to cook up something marvelous.
Grand Flattery: The Yale Grand Strategy Seminar
Why are Yale and other top universities teaching a Grand Strategy seminar if the conditions that seemed to call for grand strategizing no longer exist?
Pieces of a Man: On Gil Scott Heron
The musician’s posthumous memoir, The Last Holiday, is as rich and ambiguous as his declaration that “The Revolution Will Not be Televised.”
