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Issue 009
Stop Teaching Handwriting
"Handwriting is a blip in the long history of writing technologies and it's time to consign to the trash heap this artificial way of making letters."
Issue 013
Give Women Guns
In the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court found that banning handguns is an unacceptable infringement on our Second...
China Should Bail Out the West
Beijing should bankroll a new "global rescue fund" to help countries hit hardest by the economic collapse. In the wake of the global...
Issue 010
Invest in International News
"If the market for global news is growing, why is the delivery of it shrinking?"
Issue 008
A Call for Yuppie Communes
"Today's 20-somethings have built lives around friendships instead of creating new nuclear families."
Issue 002
Under the Radar
The Department of Defense might not care about the environment, but it's quietly leading the quest for renewable energy.
News
Give Iraqis the Vote. Our Vote.
Most Iraqis agree on one thing: Regardless of a political shift in the White House, U.S. policy in Iraq is on a set course, determined by...
News
Peshawar Politics
What the Pashtun can teach America about foreign policy.
News
We Shouldn’t Pay Africans to Die in Iraq
"I met them in Sierra Leone. Former rebels, shopkeeper, barbers–now calling themselves Iraq vets."
Issue 003
Internet International
The revolution won't be blogged, but it will be online.
News
We Are Making al-Qaeda Stronger
Despite any efforts on the part of the United States, the Middle East remains awash in violence. In July, 2006, Secretary of State Condoleezza...
Design
Art by Soner Ön
Art by Soner Ön
News
A Note from Baghdad
An aspiring filmmaker is forced to trade his camera for a gun.
Issue 012
Tricking People into Doing the Right Thing
Anyone who has studied psychology knows just how puzzling human behavior can be. Busy people are trying to cope in a complex world, and this...
Business
Against Philanthropy
The business of giving is doing more harm than good.
News
Draft the Anthropologists
"Getting attuned to local cultures in Iraq and Afghanistan has meant reviving some military disciplines with troubled histories."
News
Silver Lining
Is Iraq the first step in a new era of human rights?
News
Change Congress
For a very brief moment earlier this year, I considered a run for Congress. My Congressman had announced his retirement. Shortly thereafter, he...
