Best Thing I’ve Read Today

Andrew Shaver offers some perspective on how unlikely it is that you'll be killed by terrorism today -- you have a better chance of being crushed by furniture: You, your family members, your friends, and your community are all significantly more at risk from a host of...

Unrestrained and Uninformed

Unrestrained and Uninformed

It was a scene straight out of the Jake Gyllenhaal movie, "Nightcrawler." One of most ridiculous things I've seen on TV in a long time was the sight of TV reporters gaining access to the home of the San Bernadino shooters and then rummaging through what they...

Best Thing I’ve Read Today

Nicholas Kristof offers some historical perspective on keeping refugees from coming to America: In January 1939, Americans polled said by a two-to-one majority that the United States should not accept 10,000 mostly Jewish refugee children from Germany. That year, the...

Picture Of The Day

Picture Of The Day

Shepard Smith, the only sane broadcaster at Fox News Channel, had some harsh words today for politicians and blowhards (including most of his colleagues) who have leapt at the opportunity to over-react to the attacks in Paris. Without naming names (e.g. the 20...

Best Thing I’ve Read Today

Peter Van Buren on how we have to change how we react to tragedies like the murders in Paris this weekend: We tweet hashtags and phrases in high school French and post GIFs to Facebook. We know what to do; we’ve done this before. But it has to be said, especially...

Nadia Hashimi, “When The Moon Is Low”

Nadia Hashimi, “When The Moon Is Low”

Nadia Hashimi's novel, "When The Moon Is Low," is about a family that escaped Afghanistan as the Taliban was coming to power, only to become refugees trying to start a new life in the streets of Europe's cities. I asked her to join me because we haven't heard much...

FBI Terror Warnings And The Media

FBI Terror Warnings And The Media

In the week leading up to July 4th, the FBI issued several "heightened terror alerts" about potential ISIS-related attacks over the holiday weekend. It's not the first time they've issued such warnings in the 14 years since 9/11 and, as Adam Johnson wrote in an...

Lynsey Addario, War Photographer

Lynsey Addario, War Photographer

“While covering war, there were days when I had boundless courage and there were days when I was terrified from the moment I woke up.” Those are the words of Lynsey Addario, who has spent most of this century in some very dangerous places (e.g. Iraq, Afghanistan,...

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