The Game is Changing in Iran

Last year, a powerful computer virus called “Stuxnet” targeted Iran’s nuclear program. By the time it was discovered, the virus had succeeded in setting back the country’s nuclear progress. Now, Iran claims to have identified a new threat. The...
Making an Exception for Osama bin Laden

Making an Exception for Osama bin Laden

I don’t like to exult in the death of people, not even people I don’t like. I think it’s bad form. I’m making an exception in the case of Osama bin Laden, however. From the point of view of a comfortable middle-class American (which I certainly...
Special Lineup: Osama Bin Laden’s Demise

Special Lineup: Osama Bin Laden’s Demise

The repercussions of Osama bin Laden’s death aren’t going to disappear overnight, but we felt that it made sense to weigh in on the news sooner rather than later. Therefore, OtherWords is running commentaries about the al-Qaeda mastermind’s demise on...

Take-No-Prisoners War

Osama bin Laden, the 9-11 mastermind, is dead. Our man in Afghanistan, the scion of a wealthy Saudi family who helped us defeat the Soviet Union in that Cold War theater, is gone. Three decades later, U.S. special forces nailed him in Pakistan. But the Global War on...

Good Riddance

Editor’s note:This blog post is the same as Donald Kaul’s May 9 column, Making an Exception for Osama Bin Laden. I don’t like to exult in the death of people, not even people I don’t like. I think it’s bad form. I’m making an...