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Matthew Duss

Matthew Duss is a foreign policy analyst and a contributing writer for the Prospect. You can follow him on Twitter @mattduss.

Recent Articles

TODAY'S GO-TO VILLAINS.

Matthew DussJan 14, 2008

Via Steve Clemons, a good short doc on Hollywood's vilification of Arabs.

ON MUQTADA GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.

Matthew DussJan 11, 2008

Last month I briefly commented on reports that Muqtada al-Sadr has returned to his religious studies. This is a potentially significant enough development to merit a bit more.

POPULISM FOR ME, FASCISM FOR THEE ...

Matthew DussJan 09, 2008

Jesus' General shares this Jonah Goldberg gem from a recent NPR interview:

Jonah Goldberg: The benefit of Bush’s compassionate conservatism [in 2000] was that it was majorly a marketing slogan…

Alex Chadwick: You mean you’re worried Mike Huckabee might actually mean it?

Goldberg: Yes, that’s what I’m terrified of.

OF HICKS AND HOMELANDS.

Matthew DussJan 08, 2008

Mike Huckabee, the candidate for transfer:

WHAT WE NEED IS AWARENESS, WE CAN'T GET CARELESS.

Matthew DussJan 08, 2008

I strongly recommend Brian Katulis's article from yesterday. As he indicates, we are in a key moment for progressives on national security right now. Given the momentous and comprehensive failure of conservative ideology in the Middle East, progressives have an opportunity to redraw the boundaries of the national security debate in the U.S., and it's imperative that we recognize and make the most of it. Katulis offers some very smart suggestions on how to begin to do that.

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