The devolution of a believer John Darnton, JOHN DARNTON, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the New York Times, is the author of "The Darwin Conspiracy," published this month by Knopf.
Is Al Qaeda asking to negotiate? Allen J. Zerkin, ALLEN J. ZERKIN is a research fellow at New York University's Center for Catastrophic Preparedness and Response and an adjunct professor at its Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.