He’s Not Your
Commander in Chief

Like many Americans, I've heard it so many times in casual conversations that I can cite it verbatim: "I'm not sure Bush is doing everything the best way, but he is our commander in chief, and we need to stand behind him during this time of war." I used to...

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Iran Confrontation in the Cards

NEW DELHI - Now that the Western powers have reached a deal with Russia and China to refer Iran's nuclear activities to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), a serious escalation of tensions with Tehran is in the cards. While Russia and China are sending...

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Who Says Things Are Going Awry?

I was watching U.S. President George W. Bush during a live televised press conference as he was trying to give his interpretation of the victory of the radical Hamas movement in the Palestinian elections. And I was feeling kind of embarrassed for my president as he...

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Spying, Lying, and Saying No

On the day that Ayman al-Zawahiri appeared in his nine thousandth video from – assumedly – the remarkably technologized wilds of the Afghan-Pakistan border region, mocking President Bush for a botched Predator-drone missile attempt on his life, another...

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Backtalk, February 1, 2006

Breathtaking Power GrabAlan Bock wrote "I'm not so paranoid as to think they have purposely avoided capturing Osama bin Laden so as to keep the potential threat out there." I quite disagree. There exists anecdotal as well as published evidence to the contrary which...

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