TAP talks with David Simon, executive producer of Generation Kill, the new HBO series about the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and Evan Wright, author of the book on which it is based.
Tara McKelvey
Tara McKelvey, a senior editor at the Prospect, is a research fellow at NYU School of Law’s Center on Law and Security and the author of Monstering: Inside America's Policy on Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War.
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Combat Fatigue
Barry Roma, a postal worker and a disabled Vietnam veteran, tells people not to be afraid of him. He is joking, sort of. He knows how veterans — and postal workers — are seen by many people, and luckily he has a sense of humor. By night, he works as a mail handler in Chicago […]
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The Officers’ War
The case of Iraq War opponent Lt. Ehren Watada reveals the toll the war has taken on career military personnel. Though his refusal to serve in Iraq is unusual, his disenchantment with the war is not.
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Problem Gamblers, in Their Own Words
Former gambling addicts talk about the power of the casinos, hitting bottom, and putting their lives together again.
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Power Grab
Two new books, one by a Boston Globe reporter, the other by the former head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, recount the Bush administration’s efforts to expand the presidential powers at the expense of the law.
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What Happened to Mental Health Care for Vets?
While the debate over suicide and mental health care for soldiers and veterans continues in Washington, veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are killing themselves at an alarming rate.
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Black Hawk’s Gamble
Black Hawk is one of three Colorado towns that decided to allow limited-stakes gambling. Residents have learned the hard way that the house always wins.
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REGIME CHANGE.
Two years ago, it would have made little sense to host an event like the one sponsored by NYU Law School’s Center on Law and Security on Wednesday evening — a discussion entitled “Power Politics: Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Leadership in the Muslim World.” The event brought together Middle East experts Vali Nasr, author of […]
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THE WAR ON INTELLECTUALS.
One of the most respected judges in Iraq, Amir Jawdat al-Naeeb, was killed by gunmen in Baghdad on Monday. “The attack appeared to be part of a longstanding campaign by militants to kill doctors, professors, lawyers and other professionals,” according to Richard A. Oppel, Jr. and Abeer Mohammed in the New York Times. I first […]
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CIA COVER-UP.
“The tapes exist — they’re in Virginia.” That’s what a woman told me at a cocktail party near Dupont Circle earlier this week. She was talking about the CIA videotapes, of course. Her colleague, a former intelligence officer, told her the news. Honestly, I have no idea whether or not they are right. But I […]
