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Fighting Words 2011:
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- Pakistan Is the Enemy We know that Pakistan's intelligence service is aiding terrorists. What are we going to do about it?
Sept. 26, 2011 - In Defense of Endless War As 9/11 showed, civilization has enemies with which peace is neither possible nor desirable.
Sept. 19, 2011 - The You Decade There's a new narcissistic pronoun in town.
Sept. 19, 2011 - Wine Drinkers of the World, Unite You have nothing to lose but inflated bills and interrupted anecdotes
Sept. 14, 2011 - Simply Evil A decade after 9/11, it remains the best description and most essential fact about al-Qaida.
Sept. 4, 2011 - Rick Perry's God Does the Texas governor believe his idiotic religious rhetoric, or is he just pandering for votes?
Aug. 29, 2011 - The Crimes of Col. Qaddafi In the euphoria of the current celebrations, we must not lose sight of the former leader's foul deeds.
Aug. 25, 2011 - Britons Have Been Violent and Cruel for Generations Still, England has not yet collapsed into a nightmare of destruction and despair.
Aug. 18, 2011 - The End of the Kemalist Affair When was the last time a conservative NATO army pushed out its highest-ranking officers?
Aug. 1, 2011 - A Ridiculous Rapid Response Why did so many "experts" declare the Oslo attacks to be the work of Islamic terrorists?
July 24, 2011 - What Will Rupert Think? The British political class may stop asking the one question that has obsessed it for decades.
July 21, 2011 - Scandal Sheets In Britain, the Guardian takes on Rupert Murdoch's cynical view of what newspaper readers want to read.
July 11, 2011 - Boat People Some questions for the "activists" aboard the Gaza flotilla.
July 4, 2011 - Has Bachmann Met Her Waterloo? The old parochialism meets the not-so-new isolationism in Michele Bachmann.
June 29, 2011 - The Last of the Scholar Warriors Farewell to Patrick Leigh Fermor and his extraordinary generation.
June 13, 2011 - Anatomy of a Scandal How Anthony Weiner and John Edwards lost control of their private parts.
June 6, 2011 - Mladic the Monster Our failure to respond to the Serbian atrocities prolonged the slaughter.
May 30, 2011 - Want To Stop Nuclear Proliferation? Encourage Democracy. Ignore the shady people promoting sinister theories to the contrary.
May 23, 2011 - Beaucoup B.S. The DSK case and the silly stereotypes about American and European morals.
May 18, 2011 - Chomsky's Follies The professor's pronouncements about Osama Bin Laden are stupid and ignorant.
May 9, 2011 - Death of a Madman What Obama does next will help define the legacy of Osama Bin Laden.
May 2, 2011 - Go After Qaddafi Stop worrying about an "exit strategy." What America needs in Libya is an entrance strategy.
April 25, 2011 - Beware the In-Laws Does Kate Middleton really want to marry into a family like this?
April 18, 2011 - Africa's Worst Dictator How has Robert Mugabe been able to rule Zimbabwe for so long?
April 11, 2011 - Cynicism by the Book Hamid Karzai's despicable response to the Quran burning in Florida.
April 4, 2011 - The Iraq Effect If Saddam Hussein were still in power, this year's Arab uprisings could never have happened.
March 28, 2011 - Christopher Hitchens Is Unwell
March 23, 2011 - Don't Let Qaddafi Win Ignore the "realists." If we do nothing, the situation in Libya can only get worse.
March 14, 2011 - American Inaction Favors Qaddafi The administration's inadequate response to the crisis in Libya reveals a lack of courage and principle.
March 7, 2011 - Our Man in Pakistan The dreadful treatment of Raymond Davis is a reminder of how dysfunctional our relationship with Pakistan has become.
Feb. 28, 2011 - Is Barack Obama Secretly Swiss? The administration's pathetic, dithering response to the Arab uprisings has been both cynical and naive.
Feb. 25, 2011 - The King's Speech Revisited The movie's screenwriter goes too far in defending his version of history.
Feb. 21, 2011 - News Flash: The Taliban Violate Human Rights The human rights community finally notices the Taliban's war crimes.
Feb. 14, 2011 - Would America Have Been Better Off Without a Reagan Presidency? His simple-mindedness had a touch of genius to it.
Feb. 5, 2011 - The Shame Factor When will dictators learn not to treat their people like fools?
Jan. 31, 2011 - Churchill Didn't Say That The King's Speech is riddled with gross falsifications of history.
Jan. 24, 2011 - Tunisia Grows Up Here's hoping the Jasmine Revolution improves upon the legacy of Habib Bourguiba, the nation's first president.
Jan. 17, 2011 - Reflections on Political Violence When Mumtaz Qadri shot Pakistani politician Salman Taseer, he didn't even bother to offer an excuse.
Jan. 10, 2011 - How To Make a Decent Cup of Tea Ignore Yoko Ono and John Lennon, and heed George Orwell's tea-making advice.
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