On the heels of a federal appeals court ruling that only the U.S. Congress and the executive branch of government -- not the courts -- can interfere with government-sponsored "extraordinary rendition," a U.S. citizen from New Jersey is asking another court...
More than a year after his election, President Barack Obama appears to be dashing hopes both in the Arab world and in Latin America that he would bring major changes in U.S. policy toward their respective regions. His administration's decision to back down from its...
PARIS -- There are two tried and disproved methods for dealing with insurrection in a non-Western country. The third and reliable method is not to go there in the first place. The fourth is get out with such grace as is possible, as rapidly as possible. President...
KARACHI -- As militant attacks in Pakistan continue unabated, there are increasing calls for the government to rethink its strategy -- and look deep within. What is happening in Pakistan today is an "unprecedented" situation and the government's "lack...
It is conventional wisdom that it was the draft that ended the Vietnam war. According to this explanation, cowardly college students subject to the draft and their unpatriotic families, forced an end to the war. This is Karl Marx's explanation. Material interests,...
