Monthly Archives: September 2007

In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s masterpiece Chronicle of Death Foretold, a murder is committed in defense of family honor because nobody does anything to stop two brothers carrying it out, even though they actually want to be stopped. And the careless … Continue reading →

Absent a grand bargain with Iran, talks between U.S. and Iranian ambassadors in Baghdad are just going through the motion As I wrote on TIME.com last week, Bush is in no position to bring the Iraq war to a satisfactory … Continue reading →