Noah Feldman Bloomberg

Dancers make their money from tips and from what has been decorously called "performance fees," presumably paid for lap dances.

Is there a fundamental difference between war fought for reasons of belief and war fought out of self-interest? Is one more primitive than the other, or morally superior?

When French President Francois Hollande said Friday's attacks on Paris were an "act of war," he was following a script set by George W Bush in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. Rhetorically, invoking the language of war to describe a terrorist attack sends a message of seriousness and outrage. But as the United States's post 9/11 wars show, it...

Dancers make their money from tips and from what has been decorously called "performance fees," presumably paid for lap dances.

Is there a fundamental difference between war fought for reasons of belief and war fought out of self-interest? Is one more primitive than the other, or morally superior?

When French President Francois Hollande said Friday's attacks on Paris were an "act of war," he was following a script set by George W Bush in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. Rhetorically, invoking the language of war to describe a terrorist attack sends a message of seriousness and outrage. But as the United States's post 9/11 wars show, it...