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“We Need to Get Lucky” and “Dancing in the Dark”
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Michael Ignatieff on ground troops in Afghanistan and Peter Kurth on writing his biography of Isadora Duncan.
Bush’s jihad against civil rights
Bruce Shapiro
Administration officials are using the threat of terrorism as an excuse to do what they've wanted to do all along -- keep the public out of their business.
Will Russia protect Iraq from the U.S.?
Eric Boehlert
As Bush and Putin cozy up at the Crawford ranch, Russia is still blocking American moves against Saddam Hussein, because of billions to be made doing business with him.
Why Osama bin Laden is an enemy of Islam
M.A. Muqtedar Khan
How can Muslims proclaim the al-Qaida leader's innocence while simultaneously lionizing him for his blows against the U.S.?
Throw the SUVs overboard!
Jennifer Foote Sweeney
President Bush has been far too timid about asking Americans for wartime sacrifices. He should start by calling on patriots to wean themselves from foreign oil.
Guess what, the bombing worked like a charm
Christopher Hitchens
The antiwar hand-wringers kept warning us of its perils. But as the Taliban despots flee Afghan cities, and their citizens cheer, the air war's stunning efficacy is clear for all to see
After the fall
Daryl Lindsey, Damien Cave, Max Garrone
The Taliban is on the run. What happens now? Who should govern Afghanistan? And how hard will it be to win the war of the caves?
Rambo vs. bin Laden?
Amy Reiter
Stallone considers hauling out the thong again; Julia Roberts: Pot makes me sleepy! Plus: J.Lo goes princess again; and who's got the video of Vanilla Ice and Madonna getting freaky?
The fall of Taloqan
Phillip Robertson
As townspeople cheer the departure of the despised Taliban, Northern Alliance troops prepare to push on to Kunduz.
“We need to get lucky”
Suzy Hansen
Michael Ignatieff, author of "Virtual War," talks about the politics of bombing Afghanistan, the viability of U.S. military strategy and why morality has nothing to do with either.
Maintaining in the Midwest
King Kaufman
The heartland responds to anthrax and terrorist threats with a mixture of patriotism and fatalism.
From crackpots to gurus
Janelle Brown
Survivalists are getting some respect, and lots of new friends, as worst-case scenarios get serious attention.
How to win the war: Osama.com!
John Newton
He's a venture capitalist of terror -- let's seduce him with a PowerPoint pitch, then squander all his moolah on Super Bowl ads!
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Gods and monsters
Jake Tapper
The good people of Mazar-e-Sharif have been liberated! By whom? Your garden-variety enemy turned ally turned enemy turned ally.
My crush on Musharraf
Asra Q. Nomani
With his dogs, drinking, frameless glasses
and Armani suits, he's reviled by
extremists.
“A struggle for the soul of the 21st century”
Bill Clinton
A speech given by former President Bill Clinton at Georgetown University on Nov. 7.
“Islamism is fascism”
Eric Boehlert
Daniel Pipes says
leading American Muslim groups want
Islamic law to rule the U.S. -- even if they
won't admit it -- and must be carefully watched.
No facts, please — we’re British
Trevor Butterworth
Americans are flocking to feisty British papers for news about the war. But there's a reason the U.S. media fails to follow up on the Brits' "scoops" -- they're frequently not true.
Does bin Laden have Marfan syndrome?
Mark Francis Cohen
Is Osama suffering from a rare disease that can cause sudden death?
The Turkey card
Anthony York
The secular, majority-Muslim nation, whose special forces are now backing the U.S. in Afghanistan, is a crucial coalition partner, says author Stephen Kinzer.
Hand-held terror
Paul J. Caffera
Shoulder-launched missiles are cheap, portable and deadly against lumbering commercial jets -- and terrorists in the U.S. may already have them.
A failure to communicate
Eric Boehlert
The U.S. finally found a senior diplomat who could answer bin Laden in Arabic. But did he bomb on Al-Jazeera?
The reluctant ally
Ben Barber
Caught between the U.S. and domestic Islamic militants, Saudi Arabia won't silence its critics with belated promises to crack down on bin Laden's cash flow.
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