WON'T NEED MINES ONCE IT'S IRRADIATED:

January 7, 2007

Afghan-Pakistani Bond Steadily Deteriorating: Plan for Border Fence, Mines Seen Deepening Distrust (Pamela Constable, 1/07/07, Washington Post)

A proposal by Pakistan to plant land mines along the border with Afghanistan, aimed at preventing Islamic insurgents from using Pakistan as a sanctuary, has aroused angry protests by Afghan leaders who say the mines would endanger innocent travelers and divide tribal lands whose inhabitants do not recognize the border.

It’s too illiberal an idea for polite company, but such a region, where no sovereign entity holds sway, can not be allowed to endure in the modern world.

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LOFTY COMPANY:

January 4, 2007

The Best Books of 2006 (Steven Martinovich, January 4, 2007, Enter Stage Right)

Changing the rules: A nation’s sovereignty is neither absolute or non-existent, argues Orrin Judd’s Redefining Sovereignty: The Battle for the Moral High Ground in a Changing World, a collection of essays from thinkers on the issue. Steve Martinovich reviews his efforts [...]

The last days of manliness: If being a man needs defending in today’s world, writes Bernard Chapin, then Harvey C. Mansfield’s Manliness does a superb job

The lessons of love: The Book of Trouble: A Romance could have been one of those typical romance memoirs but Steve Martinovich says Ann Marlowe elevated her effort far past that

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