Monthly Archives: September 2010

September 16, 2010

More Nobel Wisdom from Jimmy Carter

Adam Garfinkle

In today’s New York Times, former President Jimmy Carter tells us that the North Korean regime is ready for a deal.  Should we believe him? We don’t have to answer on the basis of mere supposition. There is some history … Continue reading →

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September 7, 2010

Corruption in Afghanistan

Damir Marusic

Barry Gewen, who wrote an excellent essay probing the nature of war crimes in our pages several years ago, penned a thought-piece on corruption over at Lawrence Kaplan’s Entanglements the other day. People are complaining about the dreadful amount of … Continue reading →

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September 3, 2010

Glenn Beck’s Rally about Nothing

Mark Nugent

From the reaction to Glenn Beck’s rally last weekend at the Lincoln Memorial, you’d think the right-wing hordes had marched into Washington to personally storm the White House. But as is usually the case, the truth is much more boring. … Continue reading →

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September 3, 2010

54 Notes on Obama’s Iraq Speech

Adam Garfinkle

On December 3, 2009, two days after President Obama’s speech on the Afghan War at West Point, my annotations to that speech appeared in AI Cont’d.  Altogether I wrote 90 notes to the President’s text, some having to do with … Continue reading →

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