Michael Hirsh
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
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- Sep 11, 2026
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- Aug 27, 2026
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Why 9/11 Baffles Us 25 Years Later (opens the original)
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Twenty-five years on, it’s still hard to grasp the significance of 9/11 because it remains a moving target. The repercussions rippling out of that terrible day never seem to stop—or even slow down. The era of 9/11 began with one misbegotten U.S. war of choice in the Middle East, in Iraq. We are marking its 25th anniversary with another misbegotten U.S. war of choice in the Middle East, in Iran. In between, we’re not quite sure what we have learned, other than Americans never seem to get regime c
Why 9/11 Baffles Us 25 Years Later (opens the original)
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Twenty-five years on, it’s still hard to grasp the significance of 9/11 because it remains a moving target. The repercussions rippling out of that terrible day never seem to stop—or even slow down. The era of 9/11 began with one misbegotten U.S. war of choice in the Middle East, in Iraq. We are marking its 25th anniversary with another misbegotten U.S. war of choice in the Middle East, in Iran. In between, we’re not quite sure what we have learned, other than Americans never seem to get regime c
A Cabinet Full of Roy Cohns (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. To understand the differences between Donald Trump’s somewhat restrained first term and the outrageous abuses of his second, you need to appreciate the long afterlife of the president’s late mentor. Roy Marcus Cohn was the kingmaker from hell. An odious man born of an odious mother—Dora Cohn was “mean, vicious, ugly, and foul-mouthed,” one family member said—Cohn was an only child spoiled shamelessly by his doting heiress mom. Dora created “a person who
A Cabinet Full of Roy Cohns (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. To understand the differences between Donald Trump’s somewhat restrained first term and the outrageous abuses of his second, you need to appreciate the long afterlife of the president’s late mentor. Roy Marcus Cohn was the kingmaker from hell. An odious man born of an odious mother—Dora Cohn was “mean, vicious, ugly, and foul-mouthed,” one family member said—Cohn was an only child spoiled shamelessly by his doting heiress mom. Dora created “a person who
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