Archives October 2008 FlashbackThey've Got Your NumberOctober 31, 2008Do campaign ads really work? And if so, how? For an inside look at how the sausage is made, and who makes it, we nominate this excerpt from a 2004 FRONTLINE classic, The Persuaders. MORE »  In the NewsTaliban RisingOctober 28, 2008Just broadcast on FRONTLINE, a harrowing look at a part of the world that will put the new American commander-in-chief to one of his first and most difficult tests. MORE »  FlashbackUnsafe HavenOctober 27, 2008The U.S. cross-border raid that left seven dead in a remote corner of Syria on Sunday has focused international attention on a place, and a story, that FRONTLINE/World had reported on three years ago. MORE »  FlashbackNecessary ForceOctober 23, 2008Twenty-five years ago this week, a suicide bomber drove a truck full of TNT into the U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon, killing 241 American soldiers. As members of a multi-national peacekeeping force, the Marines had come to Lebanon not to fight, but to restore order in a country riven by civil war. Dangerously exposed and lacking a clear mandate, they were, said one key player, "a disaster waiting to happen." And when it did, U.S. resolve collapsed along with the barracks -- within months, the last of the American troops had left the country, never to return. Even before the... MORE »  In the NewsThe Powell DoctrineOctober 22, 2008It was the endorsement that understandably produced the headlines out of Colin Powell's appearance on Meet the Press, but a point the general made along the way is proving to have legs of its own. On the persistent allegations that Sen. Obama is a Muslim, the "correct" answer, Powell said, is that he's not, but the "really right answer is, what if he is?" What was perhaps most striking about the question was how long it took for anyone of real stature, in either party, to ask it. As Maureen Dowd pointed out in her column on the subject, "even... MORE »  VideoA Terrorist in the FamilyOctober 14, 2008From deep inside the brutal and endless Sri Lankan civil war, a harrowing FRONTLINE World report on a young woman's journey from devout Catholic schoolgirl to Tamil Tiger suicide bomber. MORE »  Inside FRONTLINEClimate Change: Then and NowOctober 14, 2008Are we making progress on global warming? Watch HEAT, now available online, and then see what prominent scientists had to say on the same subject eight years ago, when we interviewed them for What's Up with the Weather? MORE »  FlashbackGreat American BailoutOctober 13, 2008What happens when the government goes from buyer of "troubled assets" to seller of same? These clips from The Great American Bailout (1991) may offer some clues from an earlier, similar crisis. MORE »  FlashbackThe more things change ...October 12, 2008As the financial crisis continues, these excerpts from a 1999 FRONTLINE called The Crash are a vivid reminder a) that we've been here before, and b) that we're not the world's speediest learners. MORE »  FlashbackThe Age of AIDSOctober 6, 2008Among the many extraordinary stories told in FRONTLINE's much-acclaimed four-hour series, The Age of AIDS, was the tale of how the elusive virus was finally identified. It was, and remains, a gripping narrative ... MORE » | Editors' Notes RSS |
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