Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne is a writer based in Boston.
In South Africa, good intentions and poor follow-through are helping to spread deadly drug-resistant tuberculosis.… More »
How Africa could save the world—and itself… More »
Is the new American president Africa’s long-awaited superhero?… More »
How scarcity, affluence, and biofuel production are wreaking havoc on food prices… More »
David Samuels, the author of "In a Ruined Country," on how Yasir Arafat conned the world and destroyed a nation… More »
William Langewiesche, the author of "The Green Zone," on the dangerous and ever-increasing isolation of the American presence in Baghdad… More »
Dionigi Tettamanzi (Italy): 2 to 1. If an Italian is to occupy the papal throne again, the odds are on this "wee fat guy," as Tettamanzi was once called by a Scottish cardinal.… More »
James Fallows, the author of "Bush's Lost Year," describes the road to Iraq as a case study in "failed decision-making"… More »
"Anonymous," the CIA insider who wrote Imperial Hubris, argues that we must annihilate our Muslim enemies, while heeding their point of view… More »
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