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Dead Again: The Zarqawi Effect

Al-Zarqawi is dead. Again. That’s right. This is the second time he’s been reported dead. This time we have a Polaroid of his peaceful-looking face after an airstike apparently killed the visage of Al-Qaeda’s franchise in our imperial outpost. This time we have officials pushing the story. This time. Last time, it was just news…

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Problem, Reaction, Solution

G.W.F. Hegel. Philosopher of everything, and everything else not contained in the known universe. Hegel’s tough. Real tough. So much Hegel, so little time. We’ve all had a bit of Hegel in our education. Maybe you had him in your high school world history/western civ class. Most draw a straight line from Hegel to Marx…

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Zarqawi, We Hardly Know Ya

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The highly pixelated face of Al Qaeda in Iraq. The webmaster of terror. The symbol of Iraq as ground zero in the war on Islamic evildoers. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The PsyOp. A “one-day” story appeared last week in Post. Unfortunately, one-day stories give a glossy finish to the veneer of journalism. This…