Opinion: OpEds in this week’s Current

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All the reporters’ character flaws: Alicia C. Shepard reviews the late Alan J. Pakula’s notes to see how Woodward and Bernstein complemented, and hated, each other.

You can’t beat us; join us: David Eun says stop worrying and learn to love Google.

The pope and the Muslims’ common enemy—your freedom: As Pope Benedict XVI talks Turkey, John L. Allen Jr. looks to the anti-modern fanatic Sayyid Qutb and finds the Holy Father’s spiritual brother.

Poison and the KGB, perfect together: David Wise takes a toxic tour of Russian espionage history.

West Bank bamboozlement: Gershom Gorenberg surveys the not-quite-legal shenanigans on Palestinian-owned settlement land.

Komedy Korner: Barbara Garson proposes defending America with killing jokes.

Fundies out of nappies: Michael Bywater says fundamentalism is not as infantile as originally advertised.