A belated posting of a Bin Laden-related piece, from The New Republic

The essay, which was published on May 2nd, is by Leon Wieseltier, the magazine's literary editor.

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/87771/osama-bin-laden-white-house-obama-celebration

Maureen Dowd, on the death of Bin Laden: "Morally and operationally, this was counterterrorism at its finest."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/opinion/08dowd.html

Osama Bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden was a profoundly evil individual. He was driven by ruthlessness, hate, and cruelty; he clearly took great pleasure in committing (and promoting) mass murder.

As President Obama said, on Monday: “Our country has kept its commitment to see that justice is done. The world is safer, it is a better place, because of the death of Osama bin Laden.”