Middle East
The Impossible Dream of Energy Independence
Energy Analyst Robert Bryce Explains Why Trying to Make All Our Own Power is a Foolish Idea
Rodney King's Children
Human rights activist Sam Gregory on fighting oppression with video cameras
Benazir Bhutto's Political Future
The murdered former leader may help Pakistani democracy more in death than in life.
"The Trouble Is the West"
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Islam, immigration, civil liberties, and the fate of the West.
Battle of the Blogosphere: Cavanaugh vs. Gillespie
Which blogs deliver politics as unusual?
The Best of Enemies?
Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment looks at the future of Iranian-American relations, Iran's vulnerabilities, and whether we might one day see liberals ruling in Tehran.