September 08, 2008 Issue
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General Principles 
By Ron Unz
Lt. Gen. William Odom refused to fall in line when other top brass parroted the Bush administration’s Iraq talking points.



Back in the USSR 
By Peter Hitchens
Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus is brutal and oppressive—yet remains unexploited by the economy of haste.

Biden Time PDF
By W. James Antle III
In choosing his vice president, the candidate of change embraced politics as usual.

Appetite for Destruction PDF
By Andrew J. Bacevich
America externalizes the price of its profligacy by redefining freedom as the right to consume.

The Asquith Analogy PDF
By Daniel Koffler
Let’s remember World War I before launching World War V.

A New Musharraf in Town PDF
By Eric S. Margolis
Who will succeed Musharraf as U.S. satrap in Pakistan?

Radical Chic PDF
By Brendan O’Neill
Tibet, the Theocracy Liberals Like



Fourteen Days PDF
Another Reason to Vote Conley; Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead; Closing Ceremonies for the West

Deep Background PDF
Washington’s Men in Georgia