Nov 6, 2007 5:56 AM

Five for Fighting 11/6/07

* Bush on Pak coup: Zzzzzzzzzz * "Freedom agenda" muted * Boom-time for military bases * Diplos sound off on Iraq duty * Sgt. Squirrel, ready for action

** Bush on Pak coup: Zzzzzzzzzz *
* "Freedom agenda" muted
* Boom-time for military bases
* Diplos sound off on Iraq duty
* Sgt. Squirrel, ready for action

Noah Shachtman is a contributing editor at WIRED and a contributing writer for The New York Times’ opinion section. Shachtman previously served as editor in chief of Rolling Stone, where he led the storied outlet to a Polk Award and its first-ever Emmy nomination. Before that, he was the editor in ... Read More

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