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Ben Bradlee, the last giant standing
One of the great payoffs of having lived a long life arrives on the day the newspapers publish your obituary. By out-lasting your competitors and foes, the storyline naturally bends your way. Time blurs precise recollection in favor of generous feelings, which we tend to bestow upon most famous survivors, no matter what sort of lives they lived.
Why the world shouldn’t write off the Iraqi Army just yet
The Iraqi Army chose not to fight this spring more than it was defeated by ISIL. With proper reconstitution, which will require assistance from the United States, it can get its verve and capability back and go on the offensive.
Obama learns LBJ’s tough lesson: You can have guns or butter, not both
Lyndon B. Johnson and Barack Obama share a record of pushing through bold domestic reforms, then losing momentum as foreign affairs blocked their progressive programs.
Islamic State’s rules of attraction, and why U.S. countermoves are doomed
The U.S. State Department is producing anti-Islamic State propaganda to persuade American and other would-be jihadis not to join the extremist group. It’s ham-handed, and often sarcastic, and unlikely to have the intended effect.
Here’s why Israel loses no sleep over Islamic State
At first sight, it seems that Israel is just as preoccupied with the rise of Islamic State as anyone else. That's not the case.
Fragility is bigger worry than volatility for the markets
Recent rollercoaster markets are a symptom of a more concerning malady. They reflect the shock accompanying recognition that widely accepted assumptions about everything from monetary policy to geopolitics, and even the state of global health, are dangerously flimsy.
Lessons of Ebola: Unequal in life, unequal in death
Dr. Margaret Chan, who leads the World Health Organization, sent her chief of staff to a WHO regional conference in Manila to spotlight something we rarely keep in our conscious mind and don't, collectively, do much about: Inequalities can be a matter of ever-longer life, or a most miserable death.MOST COMMENTED
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Ben Bradlee, the last giant standing
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Why the world shouldn’t write off the Iraqi Army just yet
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Obama learns LBJ’s tough lesson: You can have guns or butter, not both
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Islamic State’s rules of attraction, and why U.S. countermoves are doomed
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China’s capital defences have sprung a major leak
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commentsJoining Islamic State is about ‘sex and aggression,’ not religion