This is a delicate subject. But now seems like the time to broach it. As we move toward trying to democratize Iraq we often think of Japan and Germany. But I think we miss a key element in what allowed those experiments in democratization to be a success: how many Japanese and German civilians had died during the war. That’s what my column this week in The Hill is about.
I was talking with a TPM Reader and friend yesterday and we’ve been having an on-going exchange about the simple…
Today’s Morning Memo prompted some reader reflections:
12:57 a.m.: It’s hard to know the precise significance of Israel’s retaliatory strike or how Iran might respond. So far…
A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Kate and Josh discuss the beginning of the…
