Sen. John McCain's virtually certain victory in the Republican Party's presidential contest has led to scrutiny of his conservative credentials. The heated campaign debate between McCain and his former rival Gov. Mitt Romney about who was a less authentic conservative...
As the U.S. moves toward holding death-sentence trials for six Guantánamo Bay detainees alleged to have plotted the Sept. 11 attacks, legal scholars and human rights advocates are questioning not only the six-year-long process and timing of the charges, but...
John McCain loves reporters, and the feeling is mutual: after all, he's great copy, has a fantastic narrative, and is always eager to make their jobs easier by giving them plenty of good quotes to chew over. The latest installment of the longest love affair in...
Despite Tuesday's historic announcement by President Fidel Castro that he is retiring from public office, U.S. citizens must await the departure of their own sitting president 11 months from now before Washington's nearly 50-year hostility toward the Caribbean island...
Updated at 1:20 a.m. EST, Feb. 21, 2008At least 28 Iraqis were killed and another 53 were wounded across Iraq during attacks that included a significant bombing in Muqdadiyah and a mortar attack on a children playing soccer in Balad. One American soldier was killed...
On Jan. 23 Ha'aretz readers were utterly embarrassed. Just as the quality paper was printing its top headline, based on Israel's omniscient "security sources" – "New Israeli Policy in Gaza: Border Crossings Will Stay Closed" – the border crossings between...
It is impossible to keep up with all the Bush regime's lies. There are simply too many. Among the recent crop, one of the biggest is that the "surge" is working. Launched last year, the "surge" was the extra 20,000-30,000 U.S. troops sent to Iraq. These few extra...
When the Great War comes, said old Bismarck, it will come out of "some damn fool thing in the Balkans." On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip shot the archduke and heir to the Austrian throne Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, setting in motion the train of events that led to...
Updated at 3:05 a.m. EST, Feb. 20, 2008The Interior Ministry began rounding up homeless and mentally challenged people in Baghdad to prevent their exploitation by armed groups. Meanwhile, a large explosion in Baghdad killed over a dozen policemen who were trying to...
The Dragon or the Snake? After reading this article and others by Mr. Sascha Matuszak, one can only conclude that he is only interested in smearing China, be it its government, its people, its culture, its food, its anything. I wouldn't be so dismayed by his articles...
