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No more high heels
Janet Fitch
Go ahead, rip up my luggage and take down my license plate number. Life is newly serious after Sept. 11, and I want to feel it.
What Bush didn’t say
Bruce Shapiro
He didn't compare his war strategy to its real predecessor: The War on Drugs. And he made no offers of building an international coalition.
“The golden age of intelligence is before us”
Laura Rozen
Robert Kaplan says fighting terrorism will
require new rules for spying, but he
predicts that fighting an "almost comic book evil" will lead to a revival.
How the U.S. will fight
Anthony York, Damien Cave
A combination of special forces, lethal stealth, diplomacy and old-fashioned military power will be used to battle terrorists.
How not to understand the enemy
Eric Boehlert
A joint Discovery Channel-BBC documentary on terrorism fails to provide the insight Americans so desperately need.
Hunting Osama
Max Garrone
The author of "Black Hawk Down" and "Killing Pablo" says that American special forces have been training to go after bin Laden for years and are more than ready.
The “enemy” we barely know
Laura Miller
A writer who has traveled extensively in Afghanistan talks about how little we understand its people, how dangerous it is to underestimate them and why they have cause to resent the U.S.
The war economy
Katharine Mieszkowski
What will be the fiscal impact of the campaign to extirpate terrorism?
Welcome to the death zone
Tom Carew
The U.S. can't win a ground war in Afghanistan, says a British special forces officer who helped train the mujahedin.
Shields up!
Damien Cave
A missile defense system couldn't have stopped the terrorist attacks, but so what? Star Wars is suddenly more popular than ever.
Hell no, they won’t go — yet
Janelle Brown, King Kaufman
Even those college students who passionately support the U.S. war on terrorism aren't sure they want to die in it.
Teach the Afghans the pick and roll!
Allen Barra
The corny sentiment and just plain vulgarity of Western sports would do wonders for the more stiff-necked elements of Islamic society.
Terror is here to stay
Robert Scheer
Despite the desire for quick retaliation, the U.S. will be shadowboxing with the devil for a long time.
No more Lone Ranger
Steve Kettmann
European leaders like the internationalist Bush who has emerged from last week's terror attacks.
Has bin Laden made himself expendable?
Max Garrone
Now that the Taliban's main opposition leader is dead, a scholar argues, the group may be more willing to hand over Osama bin Laden.
Why can’t Uncle Sam spy?
Anthony York
The problem is red tape, turf battles and no spies on the ground, say experts.
Is there a place for humor and gossip?
Amy Reiter
In the aftermath of last week's terror, readers express their views
on the need for trivial pursuits.
Can Bush channel Churchill?
Jake Tapper
The president admires the World War II leader, but he hasn't yet copied Churchill's candor about the hardships ahead as he prepares the nation for war.
Nostradamus called it!
Janelle Brown
Internet conspiracy theorists are having a field day after the attacks.
Too much God?
Joan Walsh
When the Rev. Jerry Falwell blamed the ACLU and other liberals for Tuesday's attack, he proved he's America's answer to the Taliban. But that doesn't mean there's no place for God in our expressions of national mourning.
An Afghan-American speaks
Tamim Ansary
You can't bomb us back into the Stone Age. We're already there. But you can start a new world war, and that's exactly what Osama bin Laden wants.
Spying eyes and ears
Jake Tapper
Congressional leaders make the case for a new emphasis on "human intelligence."
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