In Boston, our bloated surveillance state didn’t work
Beefed-up expenditures and laws failed to stop the Boston bombing, and did little to help capture the suspects
Monday, Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 84Media Boston Explosions, Surveillance
Falguni A. Sheth
Media Boston Explosions, Surveillance
Where does the hate come from?
Amid this tragedy, we ought to remember that violence begets violence, force begets force
Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 6:29 PM UTC 31News Martin Luther King, Jr.
Guantánamo prisoners exert their final leverage
Why their hunger strike should not just remind us of their humanity -- but reawaken our own
Monday, Apr 8, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 25News Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay
Obama is channeling Bush fever in Iran
Ten years after the Iraq debacle, are we -- mind-bogglingly -- headed to war with Iran? The signals suggest yes
Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 150Politics Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Iraq war
New York’s finest Islamophobes
A new report sheds light on NYPD’s secret surveillance of Muslim communities. And what it reveals about liberals
Monday, Mar 11, 2013 8:45 PM UTC 18Politics Muslims, NYPD, Surveillance
The submissive, indifferent Democrats
Important questions on targeted killings were raised this week, and more remain. Progressives were nowhere
Friday, Mar 8, 2013 5:59 PM UTC 68Politics Targeted killing, Drones
The Onion’s hipster misogyny
Being ironic and self-aware and knowing something is offensive doesn't make it funny -- or OK
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 6:51 PM UTC 170Oscars Oscars, Quvenzhané Wallis
Liberal racial hypocrisy
Killing people of color just for being a suspected threat is a total outrage for liberals. Well, sometimes
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 115Politics Xenophobia, Race, Racism
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