Robert Wright is the author of, most recently, the New York Times bestseller The Evolution of God and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic. More
Wright is also a fellow at the New America Foundation and editor in chief of Bloggingheads.tv. His other books include Nonzero, which was named a New York Times Book Review Notable Book in 2000 and included on Fortune magazine's list of the top 75 business books of all-time. Wright's best-selling book The Moral Animal was selected as one of the ten best books of 1994 by The New York Times Book Review.Wright has contributed to The Atlantic for more than 20 years. He has also contributed to a number of the country's other leading magazines and newspapers, including: The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, Time, and Slate, and the op-ed pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Financial Times. He is the recipient of a National Magazine Award for Essay and Criticism and his books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
The most amazing headline of the day comes from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz: "Israel told U.S. Iran must halt enrichment ahead of nuclear talks, sources say." Let me set the background for this. For years, at the cost of great effort and diplomatic capital, the U.S. has painstakingly assembled a regime of international sanctions against Iran. And--let's be honest--it has done so largely on Israel's behalf. Now,… More »
Obama, Romney says, should declare that "we are considering military options" and "they're not just on the table--they are in our hand." More »
But he wasn't released because Israeli authorities have admitted that the charges against him are false. More »
The best truly new, even radical, idea on the Iran front comes from Richard Haass, president of CFR, and Michael Levi, a senior fellow there. More »
There is now a second video of the arrest of Palestinian activist Fadi Quran, taken from a new and illuminating angle. It tends to corroborate the drift of the first video--that Fadi, though reportedly charged with shoving or assaulting an Israeli soldier, didn't do anything that could be reasonably construed as that. If you haven't seen either video, it's probably best to watch the original video first: More »
Palestinian activist Fadi Quran was arrested at a West Bank demonstration, put in a prison near Ramallah, and charged with pushing an Israeli soldier. More »
What happens when tech journalists have a stake in the companies they cover? More »
Amid little fanfare, Senators Joseph Lieberman, Lindsey Graham, and Robert Casey introduced a resolution that would move America further down the path toward war with Iran. More »
I flew into the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport today, and that provides the perfect occasion for a sermon about cutting the Pentagon's budget. I realize that doesn't seem to make sense, but bear with me. Some weeks ago I questioned the logic of a New York Times story that warned of the woes that could befall our economy if the Pentagon's research budget is slashed. But I didn't manage to address all of the arguments made in the… More »
At least I think it's amazing, given Gingrich's current position on Israel. The anecdote is from 1998, but apparently it's never been told publicly before. More »
As evidence mounted this week that Iran was behind attacks on Israelis in India and Georgia, the Israeli government had its messaging ready to go. More »
Good news! This November you don't have to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, or between Barack Obama and Rick Santorum. There's also Larry Kotlikoff, an economist at Boston University who served on the staff of President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers. Kotlikoff seeks the nomination of the Americans Elect Party, which will have its candidate on the ballot in all fifty states. Glenn Loury, host of the Glenn Show,… More »
Two writers disagree on what makes Jeremy Lin successful More »
With China's Vice President Xi Jinping visiting America, my thoughts naturally turned to the diplomatic possibilities: Could Lin play a positive role in US-Chinese relations? More »
How the New York Knick's philosophical heritage may be helping him win More »
Rather than just use surgical strikes to set back Iran's nuclear program, Jamie Fly and Gary Schmitt said we should expand the target list and keep bombing until the government falls. More »
"Chew slowly. Stop talking. Tune in to the texture of the pasta, the flavor of the cheese, the bright color of the sauce in the bowl." More »
It looks like the public shaming of Russia may have done some good. More »
