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...become a deputy minister of mines, and the ambassador to Pakistan shortly before 9/11, now writes books on the Afghanistan conflict. Published in five languages, Zaeef's latest book, My Life with the Taliban, has received noteworthy mention in the New York Review of Books and the New Yorker. And his message to the U.S. and his erstwhile Taliban comrades is that the conflict in Afghanistan will have to be settled through negotiation. "I believe that is the only solution," Zaeef tells TIME. "You are fighting an ideology. You kill one man, and his two brothers will join the Taliban...
...Brown to Washington. The Tea Party movement, organized last spring around a shared disapproval of reckless spending in Washington, DC, was crucial for mobilizing support for Brown during the race. Over the past several months, the movement has grown so popular that, according to a recent New Yorker article, it would attract more support than the Republican Party if it were to become a registered political affiliation...
According to the issue’s editor Nathaniel H. Stein ’10, the issue is themed “pursuing everything”—a rather vague answer that left us somewhat perplexed. But after reading the glossy pages of this New Yorker knock-off, we think the theme is something else: love...
...editor at the New Yorker and then editor in chief at Random House, Daniel Menaker perfected the art of conversation over many a long lunch. But is it an art? In his new book, A Good Talk, Menaker takes a look at the history of conversation and breaks sociability down to a science. Menaker shared his talking points with TIME, offering pointers on topics to avoid and how to escape from the clutches of a bore...
...That’s Why I Chose Yale” in the middle of the info session? Of course you do. Well, Ben McGrath has written a piece in the “Talk of the Town” section of this week’s New Yorker gauging the reaction from some of Yale’s more conservative, old guard alumni. Let’s just say that the reviews aren’t glowing...