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Matt Farwell
Let the Boy Scouts Die Out, Already
An Eagle Scout lays out how the organization was morally bankrupt long before it filed for Chapter 11 protection.
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Do You Miss Obama Yet?
Two books by former Obama staffers are a reminder of what it’s like to have a sane administration.
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Max Boot
Why Is Robert Gates Angry?
The former Defense Secretary: Indignant, effective, and often wrong.
January 7, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Bob Woodward Shows His Anti-Obama Bias
February 11, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
Courting Disaster
A new idea to limit drone strikes could actually legitimize them
January 9, 2013
Stephen L. Carter
"Borking" Hagel? Just What the Founding Fathers Would Have Wanted
July 21, 2011
David Rieff
We Have No Idea What We Are Doing in Libya
June 15, 2011
Steven Metz
Troop Drawdown: Why We’re Asking All the Wrong Questions About Afghanistan
June 7, 2011
Alex Klein
Mission Creep
June 3, 2011
Fouad Ajami
Robert Gates Is Right About Iraq
May 13, 2011
Gal Beckerman
The Real Rice
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The Immediate Question
April 29, 2011
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Tel Aviv Journal: Notes on a Roiling Region
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All the Hill’s a Stage
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Intervention
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Is It 1989 All Over Again?
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