Osama’s Descent
This is too hot to be an Arab Spring.
Good Riddance
The 9-11 attacks assaulted our self-confidence and delivered a blow to our sense of well being from which we have yet to recover, a decade later.
Playing into Osama Bin Laden’s Hands
His greatest magic trick was to persuade the United States and its allies to expend enormous sums of money to fight a small, isolated, and anachronistic force that operated on the very margins of the Muslim world.
Why I Can’t Celebrate Osama Bin Laden’s Death
War isn’t, and never has been, the answer to terrorism.
Justice, Vengeance, and Osama Bin Laden
This could have been a moment to replace vengeance with cooperation, replace war with justice.
The Lineup: Week of May 2-8, 2011
Marc Morial weighs in on Donald Trump’s “birther” obsession and Donald Kaul assesses Michele Bachmann’s potential for a serious White House bid.
No-Doctrine Obama
Ultimately, the administration is unlikely to use Libya as a precedent for intervention anywhere else.
Trump Employs Birther Issue as a Weapon of Mass Distraction
Anyone with a modicum of intelligence can see that Trump’s birther claims are nothing more than an insincere sideshow designed only to promote his personal brand and boost his TV ratings.
U.S. Silences on the Arab Spring are Deafening
The Obama administration has hardly said a peep about the need for democracy in Saudi Arabia or the other oil-rich states of the Gulf, even as those regimes are cracking down on the small but growing number of democracy activists in their midst.
Colombia Free Trade Deal Could Boost Cocaine Exports
There’s only one Colombian industry that can potentially employ workers who would lose their job in the wake of a free trade deal.
Bachmann May Surprise Us Yet
Republican primary voters like weird, and when it comes to weird, Rep. Michele Bachmann tops the list.
Are You Ready for a Brave New World of Food?
Despite the “yuck” factor, many bugs pack a protein punch that’s healthier than steak and far lighter on the environment.
America’s Housing Paradox
There’s money to bail out the banks but not to bail out the homeless.
Arab Spring Forecast
It’s raining bullets in Libya, with cold hearts prevailing in Oman.
The Lineup: Week of April 25-May 1, 2011
William A. Collins puts the Libya intervention in context and a cartoon depicts a retirement home for dictators.