India’s ‘Amen Corner’

It's amazing, really, when you think about it: no sooner had the Pakistan-India conflict reared up as a consequence of America's "new war," then Israel's amen corner in the US had already taken up the cudgels on New Delhi's behalf. Gee, these guys are fast....

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Back in the USA

There is no denying the vast gulf of difference separating the USA from the PRC. No two countries could be more dissimilar in so many ways. Minneapolitans have been whining for years about the traffic jams clogging up all the major highways in the Twin Cities. I can...

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Talkin’ About the F-Word

First, they came for the terrorists, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a terrorist. Then they came for the foreigners, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a foreigner. Then they came for the Arab-Americans, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't...

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Making Artificial Distinctions

Last weekend President Bush said, in response to questions about when the war in Afghanistan might be over, that he would stay in touch with Tommy Franks and other military commanders and declare victory the moment the military experts said the task was done –...

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India’s Terrorist Minister

As India took full advantage of the instability in Central Asia to push its agenda in Kashmir, and force a showdown with Pakistan, the rattling of the nuclear saber by Indian defense minister George Fernandes sent a collective shiver down the world's spine. The...

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FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS

My last New Year's column contained a statement that stands out, in retrospect, as a prediction and a warning that, unfortunately, went unheeded. America, I wrote, "Stands astride the world, a global Gulliver lording it over the Lilliputians. But at the apogee of...

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Don’t Mention It:

On Saturday, 15 December 2001, the United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have cleared the way for international monitors in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Many believe that such monitors would help end the increasingly bloody...

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SAURON IN WASHINGTON

"And thus the Third Age of Middle Earth began. History became legend, legend became myth – and some things that should not have been forgotten … were lost." With that prologue, J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings, is...

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Now You See It, Now You Don’t

For the past week or so, I have been writing about the ominous implications of Carl Cameron's four-part Fox News exposé of Israeli intelligence operations in the US. My most recent column on the subject was posted today (December 21). Cameron's reports are, of...

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