The man on the operating table. Andrew Quilty reports on the U.S. attack on the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz and the aftermath.

Why the U.S. won’t “carpet bomb ISIS into oblivion.” Michael Cohen explains why the Air Force wouldn’t do what Ted Cruz proposes.

Fascism, style and substance. Noah Millman isn’t persuaded that Trump should be labeled a fascist.

No libertarian case for empire. Doug Bandow rejects the argument that libertarianism is compatible with an interventionist foreign policy.

Stonehenge in Wales? The Guardian reports on new archaeological findings that suggest the bluestones at Stonehenge were originally erected in Wales.