The Reading Room
JOHN TIRMAN
The Reading Room
The best reading--books, articles, op-eds, analysis--on public policy issues relevant to the new administration's manifold tasks. This is drawn from the worlds of universities, think tanks, journalists, and others who have done the empirical work to present factual, often original, observations and make it understandable and useful.
A new site will be launched later this year.
The Iran Crisis, and Opportunity
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READINGS :: TOPICS
ECONOMIC LIFE & HEALTH
CLIMATE CHANGE
AFGHANISTAN
Audits of the Conventional Wisdom (from MIT) for foreign policy insights on a broad range of issues
For news, reports, analysis, videos and blogs about the cost of the war to Iraqis
ON IRAQ WAR MORTALITY:
Iraq mortality study given thumbs up in JHU review:
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Analysis of the media controversy stirred by the National Journal Annotated analysis.
A solid assessment here from Center for Media and Democracy
Boston Globe op-ed: Iraq's Murky Toll
Mother Jones (Nov. 2008): Iraq war math
Media Lens analysis
House testimony (June 11, 2008) on America's values in the world and the video (at 42:50)
Tribute to Randy Forsberg, Boston Globe, Oct 30, 2007
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