Here is another snippet of analysis in the wake of what I like to call Apocalypse 2004, this time from the NYT's David Brooks.

He thinks it's Republicans who are going to be the bane ...   more »

I know I was wondering why Stockwell Day, the Tories' foreign affairs critic, hadn't penned a letter to the Palestinian Authority expressing condolences for Yasser Arafat's death. This Canadian Press article answers a few questions:

NYT correspondent Dexter Filkins has written about the urban combat experience of U.S. marines in Fallujah. This excerpt particularly caught my eye:

If you're looking for some light reading on those who would like western society to implode or explode, whichever's easiest, terrorism expert Peter Bergen prepared a list of books for the Washington Post:

This is a bit late to the blog. Michael Scheuer -- who wrote the jeremiad Imperial Hubris -- has resigned from the CIA. 60 Minutes did an interview with him on Nov. 14.

Here's the scary stuff:

This is a lengthy NYT magazine article about the battle for Ohio. In some ways, Kerry did very well there, but here's why it wasn't good enough:

Here's an excerpt from an NYT story by Randall Stross about the inhuman grind at Electronic Arts Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of interactive electronic games:

Author Mark Danner compares the Vietnam-era Colin Powell with the current team player, analyzes the Iraq situation and then brings us to 1992's Powell Doctrine:

Here's an excerpt from the NYT article: