A Softer Version of Bush’s Worldview
PARIS - Barack Obama's trip to Europe, the Near East, and Iraq was a personal but not a policy triumph. He and his charming wife, Michelle, seem the most popular people on earth at this moment, but that is a slippery plinth upon which to stand, as the two of them...
‘Progressive’ Warmongers
US Lawmakers Say Time to Talk With Cuba
HAVANA - Seven Democratic congresspersons from the U.S. concluded that it is possible to talk about any issue with Cuba and that "it is time" to do so, at the end of a five-day visit during which they met with both Raúl and Fidel Castro. "Our...
Tuesday: 15 Iraqis Killed, 27 Wounded
Updated at 8:27 p.m. EDT, Apr. 7, 2009
U.S. President Obama made a secret visit to Iraq today and declared that there is “still a lot of work to do.” In Baghdad, bombings continued to rock the city. At least 15 Iraqis were killed and 27 more were wounded there and throughout the country. Meanwhile, shoe-lobbing journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi saw his sentence for tossing his shoes at former U.S. President Bush reduced to one year from three.
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Palestinian Farmers Lost in the Buffer Zone
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza – "They're always shooting at us. Every day they shoot at us," says Alaa Samour, 19, pulling aside his shirt to show a scar on his shoulder. Samour said he was shot on Dec. 28 last year by Israeli soldiers positioned along the border...
US Criticism of N. Korea Lacks Credibility
President Obama's administration is pressing for diplomatic retaliation, perhaps in the form of more sanctions against North Korea, after Pyongyang launched a rocket into space. There are conflicting reports about the success of the launch. North Korea says the rocket...
March Madness, 1939
On Sept. 1, 1939, Hitler's Panzers smashed into Poland. Two days later, an anguished Neville Chamberlain declared war, the most awful war in all of history. Was the war inevitable? No. No war is inevitable until it has begun. Was it a necessary war? Hearken to...
