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Six Questions for Mary Ellen O’Connell on the Power of International Law

by Scott Horton,

Mary Ellen O’Connell, a law professor at Notre Dame University, is a prominent voice in the legal community on international law and the law of war, and the author of…

Six Questions for David Hendrickson on the Obama Administration, Banana Republics and Foreign Policy

by Ken Silverstein,

David Hendrickson teaches international politics and American foreign policy in the Political Science Department at Colorado College. He is the author of numerous books and essays, including Peace Pact: The…

Six Questions for Kent Moors on Saudi Economic Problems, American Foreign Policy and the Future of Oil

by Ken Silverstein,

Kent Moors is an expert on oil and natural gas policy, and a professor in the Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy at Duquesne University. He has been an…

Six Questions for Chris Kromm on the Election in the South

by Ken Silverstein,

Chris Kromm is the Executive Director of the Institute for Southern Studies and the publisher of Southern Exposure. A former community organizer, Kromm also writes for the Institute’s blog, Facing…

Six Questions for Eric Janszen on the Economic Collapse

by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Angel investor and iTulip.com founder Eric Janszen contributed to this month’s Forum, “How to Save Capitalism: Fundamental fixes for a collapsing system,” and wrote “The Next Bubble: Priming the markets…

Six Questions for Steven Calabresi, Author of The Unitary Executive

by Scott Horton,

Northwestern University Law Professor Steven Calabresi was a co-founder of the Federalist Society and has been in the vanguard of the conservative movement ever since. He served in the Reagan…

Six Questions for James Galbraith on the Financial Crisis and the Bailout

by Ken Silverstein,

James K. Galbraith teaches economics at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin, where he directs the University of Texas Inequality Project, an…

Six Questions for Nate Silver on Polls and the Election

by Ken Silverstein,

Nate Silver is the founder of the popular website FiveThirtyEight.com and a writer, analyst, and partner at a sports media company called Baseball Prospectus. He developed a system called PECOTA,…

Six Questions for Bart Gellman, Author of Angler

by Scott Horton,

Last June, Bart Gellman’s four-part series in the Washington Post gave us an extraordinary portrait of Dick Cheney, the most powerful vice president in America’s history. The series, called “Angler”–after…

Six Questions for Chris Lehmann on “Moronic” Campaign Coverage and the “Press Bubble”

by Ken Silverstein,

Chris Lehmann is a senior editor at CQ and a co-editor at Bookforum. He was formerly a columnist of the New York Observer and deputy editor of Washington Post Book…

In Pursuit of Kafka’s Porn Cache: Six questions for James Hawes

by Scott Horton,

James Hawes had a brilliant start to his career as a novelist with A White Merc with Fins, and he’s gone on to have one of his works filmed and…

Inside the Pakistan-Taliban Relationship: Six Questions for Ahmed Rashid, Author of Descent Into Chaos

by Scott Horton,

The CIA, we learned in a report today, has compiled damning evidence of the Pakistani military’s complicity with the Taliban. But this is hardly news. Indeed, one analyst has repeatedly…

Six Questions for Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, Author of In Justice

by Scott Horton,

His meteoric career is not simply the stuff of movies–after all, some of David Iglesias’s experiences as a Navy JAG at Guantánamo Bay furnished the material for Aaron Sorkin’s play…

Six Questions for Jane Mayer, Author of The Dark Side

by Scott Horton,

In a series of gripping articles, Jane Mayer has chronicled the Bush Administration’s grim and furtive dealings with torture and has exposed both the individuals within the administration who “made…

Six Questions for Arvind Ganesan on the Beijing Olympics, the Media and Human Rights

by Ken Silverstein,

Arvind Ganesan has been at Human Rights Watch as the Director of the Business and Human Rights Program and is involved in research, advocacy, and policy development. His program has…

Six Questions for Steve LeVine, author of Putin’s Labyrinth

by Scott Horton,

Less than a year ago, Steve LeVine, the chief foreign affairs writer for Business Week published The Oil and the Glory, a penetrating examination of the post-Soviet oil industry and…

Six Questions for Paul Alexander, Author of Machiavelli’s Shadow

by Scott Horton,

Paul Alexander is a former reporter for Time magazine who has also written for Rolling Stone, the New York Times Magazine and various other publications. He is also a radio…

Six Questions for Mohsin Hamid

by Scott Horton,

American interest in Pakistan has grown since the assassination of Benazir Bhutto last December, as recent developments have increasingly put Pakistan’s democratically-elected government on shaky ground. The bombing of Pakistani…

Six Questions for Michael Sheehan, Author of Crush the Cell

by Scott Horton,

American cable television features an endless parade of “counterterrorism experts,” most of whom have little grounding in their advertised area of expertise. Michael Sheehan, however, is the real thing. A…

Following up on “The Family”: Six Questions for Jeff Sharlet

by Bill Wasik,

Jeff Sharlet is a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine. His first story for the magazine, “Jesus Plus Nothing,” appeared in March 2003, and five years later it has grown into…

Six Questions for Sidney Blumenthal, Author of The Strange Death of Republican America

by Scott Horton,

Sidney Blumenthal has written for The New Republic, the Washington Post, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, and most recently served as Washington editor to Salon.com and as a contributor…

Six Questions for Patricia Gossman on Afghanistan

by Ken Silverstein,

Patricia Gossman is an independent consultant on human rights and rule of law issues in South Asia, Afghanistan in particular. She is currently a grantee of the United States Institute…

Six Questions for Jefferson Morley on Our Man in Mexico

by Ken Silverstein,

How many Mexican presidents did the CIA have on the payroll? A veteran Washington journalist, Jefferson Morley is the national editorial director of the non-profit Center for Independent Media in…

Six Questions for Noah Feldman, Author of The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State

by Scott Horton,

Harvard law professor Noah Feldman has written extensively on law and religion issues, and with U.S. government sponsorship he played a significant role in the preparation of the Iraqi constitution.…

Six Questions for Matt Bai on Campaign ‘08

by Ken Silverstein,

Matt Bai covers national politics for the New York Times Magazine and is the author of The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics, which chronicles the…

Six Questions for Aram Roston, Author of The Man Who Pushed America to War

by Scott Horton,

This week we mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein. The perfect book for the week is NBC reporter Aram…

Six Questions for Garry Wills on ‘What the Gospels Meant’

by Scott Horton,

In a review in the New York Times, John Leonard once wrote that Garry Wills “reads like a combination of H. L. Mencken, John Locke and Albert Camus.” That seems…

Six Questions for David Rieff, Author of Swimming in a Sea of Death

by Scott Horton,

David Rieff, a well-recognized author in his own right, is also the son of Susan Sontag, one of America’s defining writers and essayists from the contemporary period. Sontag experienced three…

Six Questions for Ahmed Rashid on the Elections in Pakistan and U.S. Foreign Policy

by Scott Horton,

American interest in Pakistan picked up suddenly when Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, and then came back briefly as the Pakistani elections produced surprising results. In a word, they were a…

Six Questions for Glenn Greenwald on Campaign Coverage

by Ken Silverstein,

Glenn Greenwald, Salon’s popular media critic, is a former constitutional law and civil rights litigator in New York. He has authored three books, including Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big…

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Six Questions for Mary Ellen O’Connell on the Power of International Law

Six Questions for David Hendrickson on the Obama Administration, Banana Republics and Foreign Policy

Six Questions for Kent Moors on Saudi Economic Problems, American Foreign Policy and the Future of Oil

Six Questions for Chris Kromm on the Election in the South

Six Questions for Eric Janszen on the Economic Collapse

Six Questions for Steven Calabresi, Author of The Unitary Executive

Six Questions for James Galbraith on the Financial Crisis and the Bailout

Six Questions for Nate Silver on Polls and the Election

Six Questions for Bart Gellman, Author of Angler

Six Questions for Chris Lehmann on “Moronic” Campaign Coverage and the “Press Bubble”

In Pursuit of Kafka’s Porn Cache: Six questions for James Hawes

Inside the Pakistan-Taliban Relationship: Six Questions for Ahmed Rashid, Author of Descent Into Chaos

Six Questions for Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, Author of In Justice

Six Questions for Jane Mayer, Author of The Dark Side

Six Questions for Arvind Ganesan on the Beijing Olympics, the Media and Human Rights

Six Questions for Steve LeVine, author of Putin’s Labyrinth

Six Questions for Paul Alexander, Author of Machiavelli’s Shadow

Six Questions for Mohsin Hamid

Six Questions for Michael Sheehan, Author of Crush the Cell

Following up on “The Family”: Six Questions for Jeff Sharlet

Six Questions for Sidney Blumenthal, Author of The Strange Death of Republican America

Six Questions for Patricia Gossman on Afghanistan

Six Questions for Jefferson Morley on Our Man in Mexico

Six Questions for Noah Feldman, Author of The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State

Six Questions for Matt Bai on Campaign ‘08

Six Questions for Aram Roston, Author of The Man Who Pushed America to War

Six Questions for Garry Wills on ‘What the Gospels Meant’

Six Questions for David Rieff, Author of Swimming in a Sea of Death

Six Questions for Ahmed Rashid on the Elections in Pakistan and U.S. Foreign Policy

Six Questions for Glenn Greenwald on Campaign Coverage

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Six Questions for Mary Ellen O’Connell on the Power of International Law

Six Questions for David Hendrickson on the Obama Administration, Banana Republics and Foreign Policy

Six Questions for Kent Moors on Saudi Economic Problems, American Foreign Policy and the Future of Oil

Six Questions for Chris Kromm on the Election in the South

Six Questions for Eric Janszen on the Economic Collapse

Six Questions for Steven Calabresi, Author of The Unitary Executive

Six Questions for James Galbraith on the Financial Crisis and the Bailout

Six Questions for Nate Silver on Polls and the Election

Six Questions for Bart Gellman, Author of Angler

Six Questions for Chris Lehmann on “Moronic” Campaign Coverage and the “Press Bubble”

In Pursuit of Kafka’s Porn Cache: Six questions for James Hawes

Inside the Pakistan-Taliban Relationship: Six Questions for Ahmed Rashid, Author of Descent Into Chaos

Six Questions for Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, Author of In Justice

Six Questions for Jane Mayer, Author of The Dark Side

Six Questions for Arvind Ganesan on the Beijing Olympics, the Media and Human Rights

Six Questions for Steve LeVine, author of Putin’s Labyrinth

Six Questions for Paul Alexander, Author of Machiavelli’s Shadow

Six Questions for Mohsin Hamid

Six Questions for Michael Sheehan, Author of Crush the Cell

Following up on “The Family”: Six Questions for Jeff Sharlet

Six Questions for Sidney Blumenthal, Author of The Strange Death of Republican America

Six Questions for Patricia Gossman on Afghanistan

Six Questions for Jefferson Morley on Our Man in Mexico

Six Questions for Noah Feldman, Author of The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State

Six Questions for Matt Bai on Campaign ‘08

Six Questions for Aram Roston, Author of The Man Who Pushed America to War

Six Questions for Garry Wills on ‘What the Gospels Meant’

Six Questions for David Rieff, Author of Swimming in a Sea of Death

Six Questions for Ahmed Rashid on the Elections in Pakistan and U.S. Foreign Policy

Six Questions for Glenn Greenwald on Campaign Coverage

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