Scareplane: If you're wondering why we only fear terrorism at airports, it's because al-Qaeda is failing. David Brooks on The God That Fails: It would be nice if we reacted to the inevitable failures of centralized agencies with resiliency instead of rabid denunciation and cynicism. Steve Coll reads “U.S. Counter-Terrorism Strategy and al-Qaeda: Signaling and the Terrorist World-View”, by Joshua Alexander Geltzer. Will profiling make a difference? Here are 5 myths about keeping America safe from terrorism. The dual role of the U.S. as a liberal democracy and a legitimately aggrieved superpower at war creates a necessary anomaly in how justice is applied. The Carter Syndrome: Barack Obama might yet revolutionize America's foreign policy, but if he can't reconcile his inner Thomas Jefferson with his inner Woodrow

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