By Ankush This is an interesting little artifact, though not because I agree with it: Writing in The London Review of Books, Mahmood Mamdani argues from the left against a humanitarian intervention in Darfur. In essence, Mamdani leverages the realization that there is very little the US can do about the civil war in Iraq […]
Ankush Khardori
Ankush Khardori is an attorney and former federal prosecutor who specialized in financial fraud. He has written for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and other outlets.
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Your Ever So Slightly More Liberal Media
By Ankush For those of you who have been in awe of the truly fantastic ideological diversity of Time magazine’s columnists, here’s some legitimately good news: According to New York magazine, the indefatigable Samantha Power — human-rights activist, journalist, professor, and adviser to Barack Obama — is going to be a foreign affairs columnist for […]
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Détente With Iran
By Ankush The new issue of Foreign Affairs features a great essay by Ray Takeyh calling for détente with Iran. By virtue of limitations of time (on television) and space (in print), it is rare to see such a lucid piece on Iran that deals thoughtfully with all of the complexities of our current predicament. […]
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Everyone Loves a Good Surprise
By Ankush Inthe scheme of annoying things about the media, this may rank prettylow, but every time an American official makes an unannounced visit toIraq, I go a little nuts. The Times, the Post, and the LA Times all refer to Condoleezza Rice’s trip to Baghdad today as a “surprise” visit, either in a headline, […]
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“American Intelligence”
By Ankush The Times’ lead today is Michael Gordon’s story on claims being made within the administration about Iran’s supply of “explosively formed penetrators” — “[t]he most lethal weapon directed against American troops in Iraq” — to Shiite militias. For people concerned about the White House laying the groundwork for military action against Iran, this […]
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In Search of a Better Apology
By Ankush I expect that a great many people reading this blog watched John Edwards’s appearance on Meet the Press this morning with some interest. For the record, I like Edwards quite a bit, but I have to say that I continue to be seriously annoyed by the way he constructs his apologies for supporting […]
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Sullivan to The Atlantic
By Ankush Just what I need on a Saturday, before I’ve had any time to get my bearings and read less upsetting news: Andrew Sullivan is leaving Time for The Atlantic. I’m not sure what Atlantic editor James Bennet is thinking, to be perfectly honest, nor am I entirely clear on why Sullivan has such […]
