Regularly now, The Washington Post, as always concerned with fairness and balance, runs a blog called "Right Turn: Jennifer Rubin's Take From a Conservative Perspective." The blog tells us what the Post regards as conservatism. On Monday, Rubin declared that America's...
The Iraqi puzzle of life confirms an endless number of tragedies: Ethnic tension and sectarianism have become a major element in Iraqi politics since the US/UK invasion of 2003, a polarization of inter-group relations Iraqis had not known before. This...
Ten years ago, as President George W. Bush and his administration were putting the finishing touches on their unprovoked invasion of Iraq, the mainstream U.S. news media had long since capitulated, accepting the conventional wisdom that nothing could – or should –...
Who funds the War Party? Before we answer that very interesting question, it's important to define just what (and who) it is we're talking about. I use the "War Party" phraseology as shorthand for a number of different groups and individuals, all of whom are...
One of the most interesting and prolonged private debates I have had in my life was with the brilliant Dr. Nahum Goldmann. The subject: American peace initiatives. It was an unequal debate, of course. Goldmann was my elder by 28 years. While I was a mere editor of an...
Sometimes, the world can be such a simple, black-and-white sort of place. Let me give you an example. Imagine for a moment that the Iranians kidnap an American citizen from a third country. (If you prefer, feel free to substitute al-Qaeda or the...
In Mosul, gunman killed a civilian and wounded the civilian's mother. A bomb wounded two more civilians. Bombs planted at an army officer's home in Khalidiya exploded, killing his wife and wounding his brother and son. A shepherd was killed and another was wounded...
WASHINGTON, Feb 22 2013 (IPS) - Despite an appeal Thursday by 15 right-wing Republican senators for President Barack Obama to withdraw the nomination of Chuck Hagel as his next defence secretary, the former Republican senator from Nebraska appears virtually certain to...
