The neoconservative movement is going underground – in plain sight. Now there's a unique political tactic. How to hide, while the eyes of the whole world are upon you? It's easy: simply declare it a hate crime to call things by their right names. The Wall Street...
After the swift boat attacks of August and the Rathergate debacle – CBS' botched attempt to paint President Bush as an insolent National Guard officer deserving of court martial – John Kerry seems to have found his footing. Kerry seems a liberated man. He is...
Commentators in the mainstream media seem genuinely perplexed over the polite but notably unenthusiastic reception given to President George W. Bush's Sept. 21 address before the United Nations General Assembly. Why wasn't a speech that emphasized such high ideals as...
President George Bush's denial of the reality of Iraq is beginning to sound like a stand-up comedy routine. "Mr. President, the insurgency has spread to the whole country." "We're making great progress." "But Mr. President, the attacks against coalition forces have...
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Police arrested Kamran Akhtar, a Pakistani national accused of living in the U.S. illegally, on July 20 while videotaping skyscrapers in Charlotte, N.C. Today, Akhtar remains in Mecklenburg County Jail in Charlotte waiting to see if he will be convicted of violating...
Watching MSNBC's Joe Scarborough reporting from West Palm Beach, Florida, yelling over the storm, and momentarily drowning out the hurricane winds – until his microphone connection was cut – gives new meaning to the word blowhard. Joe's a typical...
Former president Jimmy Carter recently issued a gutsy call on the U.S. government to pull out of Iraq as soon as possible. While a distinct minority in Congress has voiced this sentiment, it's refreshing to hear an ex-president say what almost no one else in the...
NEW DELHI – While India has thrown its hat into the United Nations Security Council ring, the process of actually gaining a permanent seat on the body – which has the power to introduce sanctions and authorize the use of force in conflicts – may prove...
Out of almost 1,400 words, it was the following short sentence that attracted almost all the readers' reactions to my previous column: "The Arab states and the Palestinians have in fact acknowledged Israel's right to exist in peace, if it withdraws from the occupied...
