In Arab World, Obama Riding a Tiger

Suddenly faced with an unprecedented number of challenges across the Arab world, the administration of President Barack Obama is scrambling hard to keep up. The fate of President Hosni Mubarak, long regarded as Washington's most powerful Arab ally, no doubt gets top...

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Obama’s Chokehold on Left Antiwar Activists

An anti-Obama manifesto of sorts, in the form of a petition, was issued this week, signed by over 150 Left antiwar activists (1).   As I read the first paragraph, eager to sign, my hopes were quickly dashed.  It reads: “We the undersigned share with nearly...

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Thursday: 87 Iraqis Killed, 153 Wounded

At least 87 Iraqis were killed and 153 more were killed in a series of bombings across Baghdad. The most serious attack occurred at a funeral. If attacks occurred in other parts of the country, they went unreported, even in volatile Mosul.
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It Could Be Too Late for Two States

RAMALLAH - The credibility of the Palestinian Authority (PA) on the Arab street has been further weakened by the release of the "Palestine Papers," but ironically the release of the explosive documents by Al Jazeera could bolster support for the Palestinian...

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Press Freedom Under Threat in Age of WikiLeaks

Freedom of the press could be seriously impacted across the world in the wake of the ongoing political revelations brought about by whistle-blowing websites such as WikiLeaks, one of foremost constitutional law experts in the U.S. said Tuesday. Speaking at a Personal...

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Wednesday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 5 Wounded

At least six Iraqis were killed and five more were wounded in light attacks that focused on ministry officials in Baghdad. Meanwhile, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s sister-in-law called on the International Court of Justice in The Hague to try the former premier on crimes related to the Iraq War.
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Regime of Unreason

On September 11, 2001, when those planes rammed into the World Trade Center, the impact was so forceful that it not only demolished the buildings, it ripped a hole in the space-time continuum. The result was that we entered another dimension, one familiar to comic...

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