Iraqi government considers a referendum that would allow voters to oust U.S. troops early. The story behind TehranBureau.com, which dutifully covers Iran despite not actually being there. Hoping to head off mental health problems, the Army plans to require all troops undergo emotional resiliency training. Reporter travels to
Hitchens: Yale Press's capitulation on the Mohammed cartoons is a tub of rot. Mood report in Afghanistan: "Do not vote on Thursday, or we will punish you. Signed, the Taliban." Chronic stress found to rewire the brain to promote further feelings of being highly stressed. Op:
White House hints it's willing to compromise on the "public option" in its health plan. "I'll be voting Taliban." The first part in a video series on this week's Afghanistan elections. Strict gender segregation (and debatably, adversity) may have a
Publishers to follow the Financial Times in charging for news to offset waves in advertising. Obama: The most frightening thing about health care reform is doing nothing. I like horses and I like Obama. Nothin' wrong with that. Going country with Channing Tatum. Details of financial fissures under the
France and Germany officially exit the recession--perhaps not for long--while the rest of the world struggles. Instapaper for Saturday morning: Game theorist says Iran won't get the bomb. Survey of world leaders' preferred vacation spots. Speculations on a post-Warren Buffett world and the appeal
Afghan blogger gains massive following, founds blog school despite lack of computers in Afghanistan. Ambassador Holbrooke says Colbert’s take on the Afghan elections “got it pretty accurately.” Op: The U.K. got the school-fees question right, America did not, and let’s keep it that way. Hawking corrects
At odds with his laissez-faire aura, Obama has been personally involved in health care negotiations with hospitals, Congress. How classic car lobbyists persuaded the government to limit the age of vehicles eligible for "Cash for Clunkers." Congress beginning to suspect Senator Mark Warner might be homeless. Cheney
"They use their political allies to scare and mislead the American people." Obama enters the health-care fray at a town-hall meeting. Op: With fascism in Iran, university presidents are again succumbing to tolerance and apathy when they could be taking influential stands. Ehrenreich: In defiance of
News reports focus on the bruhaha about Clinton's husband comment, not the tough words she's delivering in Congo. Clinton on her five hours in Goma: Overwhelmed, horrified, drained. Instapaper for the commute: Adam Hochschild's inventory of appalling Congo crimes. Beautiful African soil maps. To
Bombings in northern Iraq and Baghdad kill at least 50, flatten an entire village near Mosul. Four dozen passengers endure nine hours on a tarmac while a "passenger bill of rights" waits in the Senate's post-recess docket. The swine flu outbreak has uncovered inadequate equipment,
