The Sword Also Means Cleanness
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East. By Scott Anderson. Doubleday, 2013, 592 pp. $28.95. It begins with hi...
Author: Grayson Clary
“A Completely Muddleheaded, Confused, Angry Young Guy”: An Interview with James Reston Jr.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity. James Reston is the author of 15 books, three plays, and numerous articles in national magazines. He was awa...
Down with Non-Complicity
There’s a whole range of reasons to be sensibly skeptical of American involvement in the Syrian conflict – our national interest there is poorly defined, we hav...
Seeing What We Want, When and Where We Want It
Lakhdar Brahimi’s credentials are impeccable, fruit of the Algerian statesman’s long career, and he’s as able a candidate as any to serve as United Nations spec...
Review: Why Nations Fail
To forgo reading Why Nations Fail – a weighty but intensely engaging investigation of the determinants of economic prosperity – is, it seems, to risk being left...