Archive: May 2006
Fearing a Continued Republic of Fear
It was a long Memorial Day weekend full of news from Iraq—most of it grim—and many readers and bloggers found their way to Outlook’s piece from Nir Rosen on Iraq as a “Republic of Fear.” Rosen has spent almost two...
By Rachel Dry | May 30, 2006; 1:06 PM ET | Email a Comment
Lessons Before Dying (And Burning in Hellfire)
In this week's Washington Post Outlook section, Nina Shea takes readers to school in Saudi Arabia, where textbook reform hasn't made it past "every religion other than Islam is false" and "true belief means...that you hate the polytheists and infidels."...
By Rachel Dry | May 22, 2006; 4:02 PM ET | Email a Comment
Esprit de Corps Critics
Michael Grunwald and John M. Barry detail the repeated failings of the Army Corps of Engineers and discuss the prospects for a more sane national water policy in the Washington Post Outlook section this week. Toward the end of his...
By Rachel Dry | May 15, 2006; 4:27 PM ET | Email a Comment