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Obama's choice: Failed war president, or the prince of peace
  • Norman Mailer for secretary of defense

    On Afghanistan, Obama needs the input of freethinking outsiders, not generals. What if LBJ had listened to Mailer?
  • Robert McNamara, architect of Vietnam War, dead at 93

    McNamara, who served as defense secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, died Monday
  • Our unending war of terror

    Bush's embrace of torture was horrific, but it was hardly the first time Americans have acted like terrorists.
  • The "best and the brightest"? Spare me

    Some are arguing that if we prosecute Bush officials for torture, or reregulate the financial industry, talented people won't enter government or become bankers. No, they're not kidding.
  • From New Orleans to Antarctica, via the twin towers

    An Oscar rarity -- at least three of the nominated documentaries are outstanding and deserve to win! Can the Academy find a way to snub them all?
  • Strangers in a strange land

    Shot over 23 years, Ellen Kuras' haunting Oscar contender "The Betrayal" follows a Laotian immigrant family's agonizing American odyssey.
  • "Is McCain a competent fellow?"

    When President Johnson asked that question about John McCain's father, Adm. Jack McCain, the answer he got was not flattering. But McCain got a promotion from LBJ anyway.
  • How Dirksen lobbied on behalf of Jack McCain

    A series of documents show the influential Illinois senator pushing LBJ hard for a promotion for John McCain's father, Adm. John "Jack" McCain Jr.
  • What John McCain didn't learn in Vietnam

    In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the former POW insists we could have won. No wonder he talks of occupying Iraq for a century.
  • Joe Lieberman, ideological turncoat

    The senator's indictment of the Democratic Party is just as dishonest as his failure to discuss his own evolution as an ally of McCain's.
  • Through a bong, darkly

    A new book argues that the '60s counterculture achieved nothing of lasting importance. So why does the era continue to fascinate us?
  • How 1968 changed Hillary

    The former Goldwater Girl became a member of the Democratic Party's new vanguard. But that's not how many liberals see her today.
  • America needs realists, not William Kristol

    If the New York Times wants true diversity on its Op-Ed pages, it should hire foreign policy realists, not ideologues.
  • War without end

    Best known for his tales of losers, thieves and addicts, Denis Johnson takes on the Vietnam War in his daring new novel, "Tree of Smoke."
  • Edwards' insensitive move

    While one can oppose the war and still support the troops, the presidential candidate's call for antiwar protests on Memorial Day is a bad idea.
  • State of indifference

    Unlike past presidents dealing with the consequences of war, Bush has walled himself off from the public and the Congress it elected.
  • Why the Democrats can't stop the surge

    As a young House candidate in 1972, I learned just how little Congress can do to pull the plug on a war started by a president.
  • The man who ended our Nixon nightmare

    Although ultimately an ineffective leader, Gerald Ford was the right person for the presidency in the wake of the Watergate crisis.
  • Post-traumatic futility disorder

    Disillusionment with war is an overlooked psychological liability on the battlefield, experts say -- and could lead to higher rates of PTSD among U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
  • The last neocon

    The Iraq Study Group shot down Bush's failed war strategy. Yet John McCain stubbornly supports it -- calling for more troops and promising unattainable victory.
  • "All Governments Lie"

    Radical journalist I.F. Stone spent his career challenging government deception and press complicity. This new biography shows why his legacy matters.
  • Revealing a 40-year-old horror

    The Pulitzer-winning reporters who exposed the U.S. Tiger Force's atrocities in Vietnam discuss why the case was whitewashed -- and its scary parallels to Iraq.
  • The Galbraith I knew

    His biographer recalls how the late economist warned JFK about Vietnam -- and faulted conservative policies for worsening inequality in America.
  • "I'm the decider"

    Clinging to Rumsfeld as generals lead an unprecedented revolt, Bush reveals his weakness and his disdain for the lessons of history.
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