My 9/11: The smoke that preceded tragedy
Perhaps most poignant are the perspectives of those for whom that era was a vital period in their growth: the youth of that decade.
The massacre at Ishaqi, Iraq
U.S. troops entered the house and killed the civilians before calling in the airstrikes. Autopsies showed all had been handcuffed and then shot.
Afghanistan: Dangerous illusions about a very bumpy border
Okay, New York Times, time for a little geography lesson, with a few bits of history thrown in.
Crying and laughing about the holocaust?
It may be that a tragedy plus a comedy is the only way that Parisians can describe their feelings about what happened under Nazi occupation. Maybe it takes both?
50th anniversary of Berlin Wall: a deeper look
This year Berlin's public TV channel gripped our brain cells every day for a month in advance of the anniversary of the Berlin Wall. For anyone probing more deeply, however, some questions still require answers. Why was it built?
A tribute to Senator Mark Hatfield
Sen. Mark Hatfield was a man of conscience, and possessed a sense of right and wrong which overrode party loyalty.
Honor the troops, leave Afghanistan
Though military generals claim, as they always do, that progress is being made, it's hard to see that on the ground.
For the victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, end nuclear arms
Nuclear weapons have not been used in warfare since Hiroshima and Nagasaki - but such good fortune may not last forever.
Captain America’s star-spangled banter
Captain America is a classic comic tale-turned-cinema, but in its shift from paper to big screen, a few things may have been lost in translation.
“Voices from Iraq”: Lest we forget
Iraqis tell harrowing stories, reminding us that even if the troops come home, the United States has a debt to pay to the people of Iraq.
