Casino Jack knows what he’s talking about Memories of Bill Life inside the 1 percent The best think JFK ever did The worst thing JFK ever did Why he had to appear tough Justice in coal country Credit where credit is due Moonshine morality The Pentagon is a spoiled brat A bad trade Pension rackets […]
January/February 2012
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Boarish Behavior
Feral pigs are violent, dirty, and ugly, and they ravage every ecosystem they live in—still, who knew killing them could be such fun?
Posted inBooks, January/February 2012, Magazine, Politics
The Greatest Regeneration
The American dream can be revived, says Tom Brokaw, if we can overcome our disunity, and universal national service is the key.
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The Last Days of Hugh Trevor-Roper
How a historian who reveled in destroying the reputations of others ruined his own.
Posted inBooks, Government, January/February 2012, Magazine
The Spy Who Came In from the Heat
How an idealistic spy in Asia challenged the American way of war, and what his tragedy teaches us about finding allies today.
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The GOP’s Reality-Based Community
The fall of moderate Republicans wasn’t inevitable. But their resurrection is hard to imagine.
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Party of God Knows What
Will Hezbollah remain a movement devoted to war with Israel or a pragmatic political player in Lebanon? That choice could determine the future of the Middle East.
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The Campaign-Industrial Complex
Political reform will never happen until candidates and donors realize they’re being ripped off.
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Casino Jack knows what he’s talking about
I never expected to find myself in agreement with Jack Abramoff, who recently emerged from prison after serving three years for his leading role in one of Washington’s biggest corruption scandals. But as I watched the November 6 episode of 60 Minutes, I was nodding, “Yes, yes, that’s the way it’s done,” as he explained […]
Posted inJanuary/February 2012, Magazine
Memories of Bill
During the last year or so I’ve heard an increasing number of my liberal friends speak longingly of Bill Clinton’s presidency, either impliedly or explicitly comparing him favorably to Obama. They seem to have forgotten how they lambasted Clinton for the triangulation strategy he and his then guru, Dick Morris, concocted, and what they regarded […]
