Latest articles by David W. Brown
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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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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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