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The US administrationĆ¢€ā„¢s double standards in dealing with the intensifyingĀ  nuclear crisis in North Korea further strengthens the argument thatĀ  President George…

Former Secretary of State James Baker, co-chairing a bipartisan commission on Iraq, offered Bush a prudent version of imperialism. He didnĆ¢€ā„¢t quite…

The public announcement stated, Ć¢€Å“Democratic Policy Committee Announces Major Iraq Oversight Effort; Hearings to Identify Changes Necessary to Move Forward in Iraq.Ć¢€Ā…

The uproar over Bob WoodwardĆ¢€ā„¢s new book has intensified the media focus on a basic controversy thatĆ¢€ā„¢s summed up this way: Is…

The military coup in Thailand is the second high-profile collapse of a democracy in the developing world in the last seven years.…

[Talk given at the Canadian launch of Bleeding AfghanistanĀ September 21, 2006] Just over five years ago I visited Colombia for the first…

Fifteen years ago, Robin Hahnel and I published a book titled Looking Forward. It was the first in-depth presentation of the economic…

Two Fox News journalists, Steve Cantani and Olas Wing were released by their Palestinian kidnappers in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, August…

Alan Dershowitz’s regular little performances are eminently ignorable, including the one reproduced below. But since I’ve been asked several times for comments…

And yet another menacing terror plot was thwarted 10 August, with the arrest of 24 suspects, all British Muslims. It was an…

Beirut – The bittersweet mood in Beirut on this day when the ceasefire took effect was perhaps best expressed by Rahul, a…

This July in Dublin, five peace activists were put on trial for disarming a U.S. warplane parked on the tarmac of Ireland’s…

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