Tales of the Tyrant
What does Saddam Hussein see in himself that no one else in the world seems to see? The answer is perhaps best revealed by the intimate details of the Iraqi leader's daily life
9/11 Ten Years Later
9/11 and its aftermath
What Went Wrong?
By all standards of the modern world—economic development, literacy, scientific achievement—Muslim civilization, once a mighty enterprise, has fallen low. Many in the Middle East blame a variety of outside forces. But underlying much of the Muslim world's travail may be a simple lack of freedom
The Futility of "Homeland Defense"
Don't even try to close the holes in a country, and a society, designed to be porous