It’s not just the Obama administration against which Republican senators under the guidance of Jon Kyl pit themselves when they oppose New START. In fact, perhaps bewitched by Tea Party-style incoherence, they’ve also placed themselves in the unlikely position of bucking the national defense establishment, to which traditionally they’ve been joined at the hip. New START, of course, enjoys the support of Secretary of Defense Gates and the Pentagon. There’s no love lost on New START by this author, in part because its cuts are token, but, more to the point, because it comes at too high a cost read more

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Opposition to New START Pits Republicans Against Traditional Allies

Laura Hillenbrand, the author of “Seabiscuit,” wrote a biography of Louis Zamperini, Olympic athlete and World War II hero.

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Books of The Times: Enduring All Tests

Joseph Stein, the author of the play Fiddler on the Roof, died Sunday in New York at the age of 98. He died after fracturing his skull in a fall. Born in the Bronx, Stein worked as a social worker for several years before he met a comedian by chance…

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Tony Winner Joseph Stein Dies at 98