Tom Junod | Esquire | 18 January 2012 Bizarre tale of the "Waffle House terrorists". "There is no way for us, as militiamen, to save this country, to save Georgia, without doing something that's highly illegal. Murder." Said Fred, 73, to his "geriatric jihadists" Comments Bryan Curtis | NYT | 17 January 2012 Maker of "Star Wars" releases his final blockbuster. Called "Red Tails", it's about a black air combat unit that fought in WW2 for an America that discriminated against them. No studio would touch it so Lucas paid for it himself Comments Aleksandar Hemon | Guernica | 16 January 2012 Bosnia is a society shattered by war, its broken parts redivided and bargained over by Bosniak, Croat and Serb alike. Segregation and teaching of ethnic identity begins early, as this superb essay describes Comments Mark Kram | Sports Illustrated | 17 January 2012 In honour of Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday, SI republishes this memorable piece from 1975, written after the Thrilla in Manila. "Man, I hit him with punches that'd bring down the walls of a city," said a defeated Joe Frazier Comments Robert Kagan | New Republic | 11 January 2012 "Is the United States in decline, as so many seem to believe these days? Or are Americans in danger of committing pre-emptive superpower suicide out of a misplaced fear of their own declining power?" The second, says Kagan Comments Evan Ratliff | National Geographic | 17 January 2012 Easier than you might think. Researchers take DNA from 900 dogs, 80 breeds. All differences in appearance—size, fur, etc—controlled by 50 genetic switches. "The diversity in domestic dogs derives from a small genetic tool kit" Comments | 
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