Giving new meaning to the phrase "Your body is a battleground," Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal will get a tattoo next month containing one dot for every soldier and civilian who has died in the Iraq war.READ»
That America continues to look inward is no secret. While Americans may be among the most info-saturated people in the world, their knowledge of the world around them continues to dwindle. Few Americans have traveled the globe, ...READ»
In their haste to tap Kurdish reserves, dozens of oil companies -- several fronted by former Bush officials -- have undercut U.S. policy and fanned sectarian tensions in Iraq. They may also lose a fortune.READ»
Lieutenant Rocco’s recently returned from deployment in Iraq and he’s having trouble acclimating. He sits near the edge of a sofa in his social worker’s office, still dressed in fatigues, and sporting a buzz cut. Even though he ...READ»
I have received email from exiled African princes, Nigerian businessmen, and heirs to diamond mines. And I know I'm not the only who has received such spam in my inbox. I have also been contacted by soldiers in the Army over in Iraq ...READ»
Some returning Iraq war veterans are facing another battle at home: The fight to find a job. In fact, unemployment among young veterans is significantly higher than non-veterans in the same age group, mostly 22-24, and dramatically ...READ»
In another excellent column about Iraq, the New York Times' Thomas Friedman quotes Harvard prez Larry Summers: "In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car."
Although neatniks might quibble with the veracity of ...READ»
On Wednesday, liberal pranksters distributed 1.2 million copies of a fake New York Times dated July 4, 2009, in which the Iraq war ends and universal health care is happening. Was it effective or just an undercooked attempt at political humor?READ»
Slowly but surely, the U.S. Army is adjusting to the reality of hard-fought, guerrilla wars like the ones we're fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and redirecting its R&D towards a new breed of battlefield technology. This year, ...READ»
Anne Having read each new newspaper story about the impending war with Iraq, I'm familiar with (and not entirely unsympathetic to) the Bush administration's rationale: We need to prevent Saddam from deploying biological and nuclear ...READ»
Google's extending its grip on the digital world in a wholly new and surprising way: It's just brokered a deal with Iraq's authorities to digitize historic artifacts and documents in the country's museums. It's a philanthropic move, ...READ»
I have to take issue with yesterday's entry from my friend and colleague Bill Breen. If you live in Boston or New York or Washington, you've heard any number of variations over the last three days (amid the din of collective wailing ...READ»
The myth of American omnipotence fell in the Iraqi desert, laid low by an agile new enemy. We have a chance now to rethink the systems that protected us in the past. It's one we cannot miss.READ»
The idea of putting people to work was largely neglected after the invasion of Iraq. Now, as debate mounts over troop withdrawals, one strategy might help fill the void.READ»
In these days of Katrina and Iraq, what's the purpose of business? Several readers have expressed concern that their work matters less in the face of disaster -- and it's challenging to remain focused on workaday business activities ...READ»
