In September 2003, artist and social activist Adrian Lee unveiled his protest against everything wrong with society as he sees it. His statement was made in the form of 50 sizable painted panels combined to form a mural that covered the walls of an entire gallery....
Bin Laden’s Indispensable Ally
Michael Scheuer, author of Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror, discusses precisely that topic with Scott Horton. Interview conducted Feb. 12, 2005. Check out Scott's other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian personalities. Listen...
Conservative Sycophants Lose Credibility
The conservative media will never recover from its role as Chief Sycophant for the Bush administration. Journalists who demanded that Clinton be held accountable for a minor sex scandal (Monica Lewinsky) and a minor financial scandal (Whitewater) now serve as...
That Fin de Siecle Feeling
In the early morning of Feb. 9, Tokyo informed Beijing's embassy here that the Senkaku Islands would be administered by the Japanese coast guard. In that small story in the Christian Science Monitor are some interesting portents. Few other newspapers bothered to...
Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks
Whether or not Syrian President Bashar Assad was behind Monday's assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the car bombing is sure to strengthen forces inside the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush who have long argued for "regime...
Iraq Invasion the ‘Biggest Cultural Disaster Since 1258’
CARACAS - One million books, 10 million documents, and 14,000 archaeological artifacts have been lost in the U.S.-led invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq the biggest cultural disaster since the descendants of Genghis Khan destroyed Baghdad in 1258,...
Syria in the Crosshairs
I walked into the Arab grocery store just in time to see Michael Young opinion editor at Beirut's Daily Star newspaper and a contributing editor at Reason magazine declaring on television that Syria will almost certainly be blamed for the assassination...
India Ready for Closer Ties With Pakistan
NEW DELHI - India's External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh arrives in Islamabad on Tuesday with a firm agenda to restore ties with an estranged Pakistan. This will be the first visit by an Indian foreign minister to the neighboring country in 15 years. In an exclusive...
Two Nations in a Bind Over Nukes
BEIJING - North Korea's bold statement that it has nuclear weapons in order to thwart a possible U.S. strike puts Beijing in an uncomfortable position. This is because it exposes China's ambiguous position on the primacy of the United Nations when it...
Jordanian-American’s ‘Rendition’ Case Takes a New Twist
The U.S. Department of Justice may make legal history in seeking to dismiss a lawsuit on behalf of a U.S. citizen being held in Saudi Arabia without publicly disclosing its reasons, citing an "extraordinarily high" government interest in protecting national...


