The Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson’s The Warmth of Other Suns analyzes the American social revolution we never discuss.

Old, Gray and Here to Stay

Here’s a bold private insurance solution for aging Boomers.

Unraveling

Friend, foe or master of hedging? Pakistan may be all three.

Ungovernable

Pakistan is stuck fast in a crisis of governability.

The Difference Two Years Make

Domestic politics still clashes with strategic imperatives in U.S. Afghan policy.

As Others Saw Us

A man named George Cornewall Lewis saved the Union. Really.

A War Lost and Found

After decades of doubt and confusion, the Union turns out to have been worth fighting for after all.

In the (Afghan) Army Now

To whom are we planning to hand off the war against the Taliban? An inside look at the Afghan National Army.

Latest Wikileaks Bombshell: April Fool

H/T to Foreign Policy for bringing this to our attention. It appears from a 2008 cable released by Wikileaks that the US envoys in India were a little frustrated by Indian delyaing tactics and decided to let off some steam in a cable to the home office. Read the cable here on Wikileaks, and some […]

Feral Bees Swarm Brooklyn Streets

From the NYT: In a gale wind from [Hurricane Irene], a hollowed-out branch of an enormous tree was ripped off, exposing a hive of 30,000 to 40,000 honeybees. The hive’s discovery was a jackpot for the beekeeping community and word spread quickly on Facebook and Twitter that a feral hive was up for grabs.This being […]

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