By Other Means

List of By Other Means articles

U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl
U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl

Fighting Words

Has the nature of "war" changed since the days of Clausewitz?

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John Moore/Getty Images

Incarceration Nation

What if America's incarcerated population really was a nation?

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EPA/T.J. KIRKPATRICK / POOL

Never Waver

Now is the time for Obama to beat back the congressional hawks taking aim at the Iran deal.

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BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images

Smother ‘Em With Love

Why it’s time for the United States to cuddle up with Iran.

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Alex Wong/Getty Images

Privacy Is a Red Herring

The debate over NSA surveillance is about something else entirely.

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VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images

Public Citizen

If our kids don't all have tracking chips, the terrorists win.

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KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/Getty Images

And the Moral of the Tweet Is…

How @NatSecWonk shows that D.C. is a wonderful, terrible place.

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Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Consider the Duck-Rabbit

How this Wittgenstein sketch explains the Somalia SEAL raid.

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AHMAD ABOUD/AFP/Getty Images

The Failure of Impasse

From Vietnam to Syria, the appalling history of U.S. efforts to end wars by creating stalemate.

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Visions of America/UIG via Getty Images

Blood on the Constitution

America will never solve its gun problem until it gets over its fetish for the Founding Fathers.

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WIN MCNAMEE/Getty Images

Wishful Thinking

Frustrated with Obama's Syria speech? Here are two better ones he could have given.

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Obama Can’t Win

Even if Congress approves the Syria adventure, the president still loses.

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Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images

Wounded Giant

The only thing America is good at these days is breaking things.

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