‘Wither’ Israel?
(Washington, D.C.): The plight of Israelis today calls to mind the tongue-in-cheek prayer of Tevye, the hero of "Fiddler on...
Middle East
Iraq’s hostile neighbors
Recent stories highlight the threat to Iraqi sovereignty and security emanating from two of its neighbors. As relayed in Wednesday's...
Window for war
(Washington, D.C.): You have to hand it to the Palestinians. They have gotten away with fabricating a nationality where none...
After Arafat
In his press conference last Thursday, President Bush said people who don't believe in the applicability of democracy to the...
Friend and foe
(Washington, D.C.): Throughout history, troops like those brave Americans currently liberating Fallujah have demanded the identity of people approaching their...
The Iranian bomb
(Washington, D.C.): One could be forgiven, in light of recent headlines and press accounts, for wondering precisely who the enemy...
Just say ‘no’
(Washington, D.C.): For years, Communist China has insisted that the United States abandon a friendly, democratic and strategically placed ally...
Saudi government-controlled television incites Jihad, violence against U.S.
According to a special report released on Thursday by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), three Saudi government-controlled television...
I.S.O. a scapegoat
(Washington, D.C.): Ahmed Chalabi has suddenly become a kind of Arabian piata, presented to the world as everything from a...
Get a grip
The domestic media and political feeding frenzy that has ensued in the wake of revelations of prisoner abuse by U.S....
‘Cut-and-walk’ on Iraq?
(Washington, D.C.): Even without Bob Woodward's grudgingly favorable rendering of the wartime leadership of George W. Bush, one thing has...
Beware of the Gaza trap
(Washington, D.C.): When President Bush meets today with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, he will be asked to endorse the...
The case for liberating Iraq
(Washington,D.C.): The following are two important contributions to the debate over the wisdom and necessity of the American-led effort to...
A win for terror
(Washington, D.C.): The war on terror suffered a body blow Sunday as Spanish voters responded to last Thursday's murderous attacks...
The right questions
(Washington, D.C.): President Bush has reportedly decided, wisely, to accept the inevitable and endorse the creation of yet-another, blue-ribbon, bipartisan...
The tipping point
(Washington, D.C.): History will likely record December 13, 2003 as the tipping point in the liberation of Iraq. Of course,...