Understanding Dictatorships
From Iran to Cuba, the question of legitimacy is paramount
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Rationalizing Torture
When it comes to harsh interrogation methods, the ends do not justify the means
Grays of Making Them Talk
The fuzzy line between approved interrogation methods and prisoner abuse
The Race War That Isn't
Media anxieties over "lynch mobs" and "brownshirts" demonstrate a telling lack of faith in contemporary America
Lockerbie and Old Lace
What does a thumbprint at the scene of a Scottish spinster's murder have to do with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103?
They Like Us. They Sort of Like Us
With Obama in the White House, America is better liked around the world. So what?
