The selection of Loukas Papademos as prime minister heralds a new era in Greek politics.
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Banker’s Choice
Imagine letting Goldman Sachs and Bank of America select our president—that’s just what’s happened in Italy and Greece.
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Bloggingheads: The Trouble With Israel and “Apartheid”
Gershom Gorenberg explains why the term doesn’t fit the situation.
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Who Will Lead Greece?
Whoever becomes leader of the country’s interim government has a tough road ahead.
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Condi the Zombie Killer
The former secretary of state puts to rest the idea that Palestinians aren’t interested in a peace deal.
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Bravo Papandreou!
The Greek prime minister takes the country’s fate out of the hands of the bankers.
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Looking at Gadhadi
After Osama bin Laden was killed, I wrote a somewhat contrarian piece arguing that the government should release a photo of his body. I then went on NPR’s On the Media to talk about it, alongside the New Yorker‘s Philip Gourevitch, who was rather contemptuous of my position (audio here, transcript here), but I stuck […]
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The Glorious Invasion
Ten years ago, the Afghanistan War looked like a swift and easy triumph for democracy. But even in the early days there were portents of the catastrophe to come.
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The Global Patriot Act
From the end of World War II to the start of the “global war on terror,” international law provided crucial support for the promotion of human rights around the world. But the response to the September 11 attacks has had a profound and little-appreciated impact on international law with devastating global consequences for human rights, […]
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Extreme Measures
Since September 11, the Fourth Amendment has been eroded in ways we do not even know. The scary part is that it’s going to take years to undo the damage.
