If George W. Bush – notorious for skipping his Texas Air National Guard drills during the Vietnam War – were in the Guard today, he'd be up in the air without a propeller. That's because today's National Guard has become virtually indistinguishable from the nation's...
Monday: 1 US Soldier, 7 Iraqis Killed; 22 Iraqis Wounded
A Realist Breakthrough?
Now don't get all excited, or anything, but there is a real chance that the Obama administration may be on the way to a general Middle Eastern peace settlement, one that bypasses the relatively narrow Israeli-Palestinian question, and cuts right to the chase. As...
A Cloud Over Jerusalem
Everyone has the right to change his or her mind. Even Danny Tirzeh. Col. Tirzeh was responsible for planning the wall that "envelopes" Jerusalem – the one that cuts the city off from the West Bank in order to turn it into the United Capital of Israel for All...
The Wiesenthal Center’s Bait and Switch
The Simon Wiesenthal Center's stated purpose is "confronting anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism, promoting human rights and dignity, standing with Israel, defending the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaching the lessons of the Holocaust." Rabbi Marvin Hier established...
Sunday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 103 Wounded
Saturday: 12 Iraqis Killed, 25 Wounded
Stirring the Bosnian Pot
Pentagon Map Shows Wide Taliban Zone in the South
The Pentagon was still trying to spin its report on the war in Afghanistan issued this week as holding out hope because the instability had leveled off, even as some news outlets were noting that it documents the continued expansion of Taliban capabilities and...


