Doctor’s Note

I've been having some minor but intrusive health problems lately, and today is one of those days – and so, unfortunately, I won't be writing a column. But never fear, I'll be back on Monday, so stay tuned – as we used to say back in the era of television...

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Time To Erase Israel’s Green Line

About fifty students sat on the concrete floor of a makeshift shack, absorbing the desert heat as they listened to Salim talk about the imminent destruction of Umm al Hiran and Atir, two unrecognized Bedouin villages located twenty minutes from my apartment in...

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Obama in the Middle East: From Bad to Worse

President Obama's post-election promise of a "new dawn of American leadership" began in earnest five months into his first term with an important speech in Cairo June 4, 2009, appropriately titled, "A New Beginning." He started his oration by...

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Our Treasonous Foreign Policy

If you want to know why our "war on terrorism" has failed so miserably – if you want to understand how and why the harder we fight the more enemies we have to face – then read this recent piece in the Wall Street Journal on the evolution of the Syrian civil war, which...

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275 Killed across Iraq; Ramadi Operations Stalled

Military operations in Ramadi have stalled. Farhan Mohammed, a provincial councilmember, blamed Shi’ite forces for ignoring orders from Anbar’s leadership. He also complained that the Iraqi and U.S. militaries keep sending advisors, causing delays. At least 275 were killed, either recently or in an airstrike two weeks ago in Hawija. Another 27 were wounded.
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