Somewhere between 9/11 and now, we forgot that wars are not supposed to be generations-long struggles. They’re supposed to chart a clear-if-difficult path to a victory, measured in a safer and more just peace at a reasonable cost. Struggle — a burden actually borne by a much smaller proportion of the populace than those who [...]

I woke up this morning to the long-awaited news that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is going to be brought to New York and prosecuted in federal court for the crime of being the mastermind of a massive and deadly conspiracy known as September 11, 2001. Eight years, two months, and two days. That’s how long it [...]