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Foreign policy experts Juan Cole, George Packer, Anthony Shadid, and Rory Stewart agree that the United States should leave Iraq. They hash out their differences, though, as to how and when we should leave.
The traditional war poem evolved from the epic to the bitterly elegiac by the end of World War I and hasn’t looked back since. But can poetry plumb the experience of modern war? Six poets read from their work on the topic.
Studs Terkel, the last radical reformer, tells all in affectionate attribution to Mark Twain. Chicago native and urban sage, Studs speaks up for the little guy, the salt of the earth and your average work-a-day Joe.
The veteran journalist and editor for the Atlantic Monthly discusses the day's issues while considering the impact of the 24/7 news cycle that too quickly transforms nuance-filled events into "yesterday's news."
Stone, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School and a foremost authority on the First Amendment, discusses his new history of U.S. government actions that had the potential to endanger fundamental rights during periods of war.