Feb 26, 2009 5:08 AM

Five for Fighting 2/26/09

* Inside the battle of Beirut * New rules for NYC’s panopticon * Push to stop Afghanistan’s bombs… * …as coalition deaths climb * Growler 1, Raptor 0

* Inside the battle of Beirut
* New rules for NYC's panopticon
* Push to stop Afghanistan's bombs...
* ...as coalition deaths climb
* Growler 1, Raptor 0

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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