New York Times Blog Posts

Kill the Estate Tax

It's time to end, not mend, the death tax.

Thinking Outside the Box

The NYPD is coming at the terrorism problem in new and counterintuitive ways. The Beltway is stuck in old patterns and old thinking.

Anticorruption Effort in Afghanistan, No. 512

How the U.S. anticorruption crusade in Afghanistan is fueling the problem, starting with President Karzai.

The Inalienable Message of September 11th

Koran burning, the mosque controversy and Goofus and Gallant.

Triangulating Today's News

Afghan troops can't read, Afghan voters can't vote, but spooks are spying more than ever.

It's Not Too Late: Great Fiction for the End of Summer Reading

What does a terrorism expert read about his spare time? War, spies, a thriller in the heartland, a tour de force about an international newspaper and a certain late Swedish writer who's all the rage.

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May 26, 2012