Latest articles by David W. Brown
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In praise of Prince Harry, soldier
The Explainer Whatever his flaws, the extraordinarily brave prince represents not only the best of England, but in many ways, the best of his generation
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Why women soldiers don't belong on the front lines
feature However unfair, however much it pains us to admit it, in some areas, men and women are simply not equal
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The irresponsibly stupid and dangerous camouflage patterns of the U.S. military
feature You'd think the military would want uniform patterns that keep its members safe. And yet somehow, "distinctiveness" has trumped safety
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How Hamas' rockets and Israel's missile-defense system work
feature The fate of the escalating conflict in the Middle East rests primarily on how effective machinery on both sides turns out to be
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Why the world is preparing for war in Mali
feature Regional volatility, imported weapons from Libya, and a poisonous religious ideology have turned the West African nation into a new Afghanistan
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Why the CIA should get out of the killing business. Again.
feature With the top job at the CIA now open, it's time to redirect the agency's mission away from paramilitary activity and back to intelligence
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Obama is right to oppose new sanctions on Iran
feature The White House's move is a good first step toward bringing Iran to the bargaining table
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The perks and perils of our newly indexed society
feature Paper documents have become unnecessary relics. But when everything is digital and searchable, it comes at a steep cost to your privacy
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How our love of gadgets makes us hate each other
feature Apple and Google evangelists are nearly as zealous as their religious counterparts. And these tribal divisions will only get worse as technology gets better
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Cyber is a fraudulent weapon in a nonexistent war
feature Corporate fearmongers are eager to make a fortune from the phony threat of cyber-terror
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How Microsoft is failing Windows 8
feature The company's brilliant engineers must feel like velociraptors handcuffed to brontosauruses
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Kim Jong Un's less responsible, Disney-obsessed older brother
feature This black sheep of the family once tried to pass himself off as a Dominican named Pang Xiong
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The government's ludicrous obsession with secrecy
feature There's little point in refusing to acknowledge the existence of drones, or "unpublishing" widely known information
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The evolution of SEAL Team Six
feature How the celebrated unit went from being a ragtag band of outlaws to America's go-to guys
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The amazing triumph of Windows 8
feature Eat your heart out, Apple: Windows 8 is a vision of computing that is not only thoroughly re-imagined, but in many ways superior to anything else out there
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How American inaction is killing Syrians
feature 45,000 Syrians are dead. And all Western leaders do is talk
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Boston is a tragedy, but it's not your tragedy
feature The violence on Monday was sickening. But unless you were actually there, it could not have "almost" happened to you
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What Iraq's chaos tells us about Afghanistan's coming spiral of drug-fueled violence and despair
feature Afghanistan is a mess, and we're preparing to declare victory and go home. But if Iraq is any indication, we'll be back — and soon.
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How the U.S. military's idiotic tribal mentality leaves us vulnerable to cyber catastrophe
feature Our leaders could solve this problem. But they won't.
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How one inspector general is fighting fraud and waste in Afghanistan
feature John Sopko has done his job so well it's hard to believe he's been allowed to keep it
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How NATO spent $200 million teaching Afghan cops to read — and failed
feature Well, Afghanistan is a burgeoning narco-criminal state that is being fueled by American blood and tax dollars, so...
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Matt Bell on readerly impulse, tastemakers, and the gatekeepers of publishing
feature An interview with the acclaimed author and scholar
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