Stopping torture and changing the policies of the Bush administration may not be enough. With a whole new type of terrorist bred from extraordinary rendition and torture, the last eight years may well prove inescapable.
Everyone knows about Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan. But what about their intellectual godfather? A look at the original democracy-promoting liberal defense hawk, JFK and LBJ advisor Walt Rostow.
A spate of books provides a welcome opportunity to reassess Nixon.
Two works address selective amnesia about communist atrocities.
Hollywood romanticizes terror - Nir Rosen exposes it.
Today's conservatives can learn from their Tory forbears.
Suicide terrorism may be more rational than meets the eye.
Modern Western discord stems from differing Enlightenment experiences.
Cet animal est très méchant; quand on l'attaque, il se défend. Quelquefois.
Anti-Americanism takes many forms -- most of them unfair. But as long as it strives to be a City upon a Hill, America Must learn to live with it.