** Bush capped Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s visit to Washington with a cautious endorsement of Israel’s plan for annexation of large swathes…
T he Bush administration’s rapid escalation of anti-Iran rhetoric in the last few months should not be dismissed as posturing. Some of…
**Ā Escalating rhetoric, continued losses in Iraq, Bush’s political problems, and an ideologically-driven pursuit of power make the possibility of a U.S.…
Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā It remains unclear who was responsible for the attack on the golden-domed Askariya Shi’a mosque in Samarra. In the two days…
*** The peace movement in the U.S. and globally has helped create the growing public consensus and rising demands to end the…
The little town of Bethlehem isn’t just still, it’s dying.Ā On the eve of Christmas the Palestinian city is walled off, hemmed…
he Bush administration’s increasingly vitriolic and hostile attacks on anti-war and even war-questioning Democrats and others reflects stronger opposition at home and…
** The constitutional process culminating in Saturday’s referendum is not a sign of Iraqi sovereignty and democracy taking hold, but rather a…
The Nobel Peace Prize is rarely just about peace.Ā It’s almost always as much about making a diplomatic point — or several…
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