Readers may recall President Obama's decision to relieve Army General Stanley McChrystal from his command of U.S. forces in Afghanistan several years back. You may also recall that his decision was largely based on an article in Rolling Stone by Michael Hastings titled "The Runaway General." "The...
“I Lost My Love in Baghdad” is a straightforward title for a book about a war correspondent whose girlfriend was killed by Sunni extremist during the Iraqi war.I love wartime stories so I bought the book on a whim and finished it months ago.I do not know which subject fascinated me more – the rec...
Mid-January 2004 I’m anticipating the reaction, monitoring the media waves from my cubicle. Peoria and Healy’s story is met with silence. Nothing. Doesn’t crack the ether. Doesn’t make The Magazine part of the conversation. Doesn’t move the debate or get any television hit...
Eleven days ago the Golden Mosque in Samarra was bombed, kicking off Iraq’s civil war. Officially, the civil war is being denied by the Americans and most of the Iraqi government. Unofficially, and in real life, everything is rapidly going to shit. I am pacing around the driveway at theNewsweek b...