Ralph Peters takes a whack at redrawing the Middle East.
Genocide Is All About Geography
The Boy Emperor explains.
Study Claims 655K Excess Deaths in Iraq
Get ready for a furor: A team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred. The estimate, produced by interviewing...
Hadar vs. Frum
On Sept. 12, the Smith Family Foundation held a discussion on "Responding to Anti-Americanism in the Arab World: Have We Been Effective Since 9/11?" Our own Leon Hadar was there, along with David "Axis of Evil" Frum and pollster Craig Charney. To watch a video or...
Israel Lobby Debate at the Cooper Union
On Sept. 28, the Cooper Union in NYC hosted a debate on the power of the Israel lobby in America. Panelists: John Mearsheimer, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Martin Indyk, Tony Judt, Rashid Khalidi, and Dennis Ross. A video recording of the debate in 11 segments can be found here.
Tony Judt Speech Shut Down by ADL
[UPDATE: Apparently, the Judt speech will go on, but on Oct. 16. But see this from the New York Sun.] Historian Tony Judt, a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and director of the Remarque Institute at NYU, writes, I was due to speak this evening, in...
Attention, Cato Shoppers
We've been pretty critical of the Cato Institute around here, frequently warning our antiwar peeps that money sent to Brink Lindsey and co. is wasted, at best. But now, in the interest of fairness, I must issue a consumer alert for pro-war Cato donors: you aren't...
Said, Sign It, and Silber
* Anthology Film Archives in NYC announces the October premieres of two films on the late Edward Said: "EDWARD SAID: THE LAST INTERVIEW is the record of a wide-ranging and engaging conversation with Said, conducted within a year of his death in 2003, while OUT OF...
Et Tu, Cato? Pt. 2
In case you missed it, here's Cato Institute scholar Arnold Kling writing at TCS Daily last month: I believe that what we need going forward is a policy of disarming Muslims. I believe that we must keep devout Muslims away from weapons, and keep weapons away from...
Today’s Exclusives
Ann Berg surveys the history of fascism and concludes this ain't it. Jon Basil Utley explains why Americans aren't cut out for empire. Steve Vujacic ponders how far Tony Blair will go to salvage his legacy. And as always, be sure to check out our Friday regulars...
