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Megan McCardle, to her credit, makes a go at an updated mea culpa for her position on the Iraq war. One of the reasons cited for her, admittedly, flawed decision to support the war seems a bit odd, however: I erroneously believed that I could interpret the actions of Saddam Hussein. He seemed to be acting like I’d [...] Edward E. Curtis IV has a useful summary of facts/myths surrounding mosques in the United States (via). In one portion, he comments on Sharia law (a topic of some concern on this site in recent weeks): In Islam, sharia (“the Way” to God) theoretically governs every human act. But Muslims do not agree on [...] IWPR has an article uncovering some of the political sinews moving events in Iran away from the Green Movement. It highlights the opposition between the Ahmadinejad administration and a traditional conservative political party called Motalefeh. Here’s the economic component: “Motalefeh also has effective control of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, the largest charity in [...] The New York Times has a piece highlighting one aspect of the pointlessness of our ongoing slog in Afghanistan: The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the center of a politically sensitive corruption investigation is being paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to Afghan and American officials. Mohammed Zia Salehi, [...] Now that the dust has settled regarding Jeffrey Goldberg’s much anticipated, and much discussed, article on Israel’s plans to launch a war with Iran (or, better yet, have the United States do the favor), I must say that despite the charges leveled against Goldberg – even from myself on occasion (propagandist, likudnik, warmonger, etc.), [...] A few weeks back, Bret Stephens took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to issue the latest iteration of what is a recurring hawkish argument in favor of continuing the war du jour (in the present example, Stephens is arguing for prolonging the longest war in US history - the war in Afghanistan): The U.S. cannot remain [...] Israel’s Ministry of Education is ordering teachers not to attend a workshop that promotes including the facts of Palestinian dispossession in classes: “Government officials warned Israeli teachers last week not to cooperate with a civic group that seeks to educate Israelis about how the Palestinians view the loss of their homeland and the establishment [...] |
Blake Hounshell (aka praktike), our co-founder and main man, is managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine. He's now reporting on the Egyptian Revolution from Cairo. 
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