Thursday Notes

Daniel Larison,"On the Necessity of an Irrational Enemy," ACLU Blog, 20 May, is our colleague's contribution to an ACLU symposium on Torture and America.

Joseph Lelyveld,"Looking for Naipaul," NYRB, 19 May, reviews V. S. Naipaul's A Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling. Hat tip.

Paul Laity,"Uncomfortable Truths," Guardian, 17 May, looks at Tony Judt's career in controversy. Hat tip.