Ezra Klein on Bin Laden’s war against the US economy. Osama bin Who? A decade of denials and downplaying from Pakistani leaders. Behind the hunt: Clues gradually led to the location of Osama bin Laden. US authorities homed in on Osama for the last nine months. Getting Osama bin Laden: How the mission went down. Marc Ambinder on the secret team that killed bin Laden. Justice, American Style: Was Bin Laden's killing legal? The death of Osama bin Laden: V-J Day or glorious victory over the forces of Eastasia? Don't get cocky, America: Al Qaeda is still deadly without Osama bin Laden. What accounts for the ubiquitous cheer of U-S-A following bin Laden's death? The Olympics, war, pro wrestling, and Jerry Springer. Why does revenge taste so sweet? Why do we feel the need to chant in the streets after the death of a hated man? When heads roll: Under what conditions does leadership decapitation result in the dissolution of a terrorist organization? The 2011 Jefferson Lecture by Drew Gilpin Faust, the Civil War historian and Harvard president draws unexpected immediacy from the events unfolding around it. Bin Laden's death: How anti-war members of Congress plan to take advantage. President Obama inherited two wars, neither of which has ended — and the United States is now involved in military action in Libya — yet the anti-war movement has all but vanished; why? (and more and more) The prophet armed, Samantha Power, has now drafted Obama into her crusade against mass slaughter; liberal hawks and neocons, reunited — make way for a profound foreign-policy transformation. Less than a decade after invading Iraq, the US has rediscovered its outreach spirit — should we be troubled by this? Arab countries don't like the United States much — do they like Europe any better?
