In Biden’s speech yesterday about withdrawing from Afghanistan, I half expected to hear him quote from “The Great Gatsby.”
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Letting Others Clean Up Afghan Mess
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Catch-22, Election Edition
“Catch 22” captures a number of the contradictions in the 2012 election.
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Young People Fighting Old People’s Wars
Memorial Day Today we honor our soldiers killed in the line of duty. Many of them were idealistic, most of them were young. I offer up today an enigmatic poem by A.E. Housman that captures, in an understated way, the tragedy of their deaths. The poem is unusual in that it talks about soldiers having a choice. […]
