For the CIA supervisors and operatives responsible for torture, the chickens are coming home to roost; that is, if President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder mean it when they say no one is above the law – and if they don't fall victim to brazen...
Polish Missile Joke Revisited
This Polish missile-defense system walks into a bar at noon and says, "Give me six shots of vodka." "How can you afford to get drunk in the middle of a business day?" the bartender asks. "Easy," the Polish missile-defense system replies....
Irving Kristol, RIP
To my knowledge, the late Irving Kristol was the only self-admitted neoconservative in existence. With his death, at the age of 89, does this mean the species is extinct? Far from it. In spite of the odd tendency of neoconservatives to deny their ideological heritage,...
Us or Them in Afghanistan?
In Washington, calls are increasing, especially among anxious Democrats, for the president to commit to training ever more Afghan troops and police rather than sending in more American troops. Huge numbers for imagined future Afghan army and police forces are now...
Sunday: 1 US Soldier, 2 Iraqis Killed; 17 Iraqis Wounded
New Poll Finds Strong Domestic Support for Iran Regime
Despite persistent mass demonstrations protesting June's disputed reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a new survey of Iranian public opinion released here Saturday suggests majority domestic support for both him and the country's basic governing institutions....
Saturday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 3 Wounded
Judge Orders Release from Gitmo of Kuwaiti Who Met Bin Laden
Obama and Netanyahu Still Tussling over Priorities
As world leaders prepare to gather here for the all-star "general debate" at the U.N. General Assembly on Sep. 23, two of them -- U.S. Pres. Barack Obama and Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu -- are still tussling over whether to prioritize their...
Boycott Derails Jerusalem’s Transit System
An ill-fated light railway under construction in Jerusalem was originally heralded by Israeli officials as a way to cement the city’s “unification” four decades after the city’s Palestinian half was illegally annexed to Israel. But the only unity generated among...


