The Myth of the Sunni Diehard
By Patrick Devenny The term “die-hard” entered overall American military and government parlance soon after the fall of Baghdad. Used...
Donald Rumsfeld
The great Ground Zero heist
The hijacking of the World Trade Center memorial by individuals and organizations that have demonstrated little regard for the hallowed...
John Kerry’s defense budget
(Washington, D.C.): Even before the Congress formally declared George W. Bush the winner of last November's presidential election, reports began...
Rummy’s bad rap
(Washington, D.C.): Donald Rumsfeld is one of the most experienced men in Washington. So he is presumably not surprised at...
Intelligence test
(Washington, D.C.): We may have dodged a bullet. In its post-election lame duck session, the 108th Congress continued to resist...
W.’s ‘moral values’ drive his foreign policy, too
According to the exit polls, George W. Bush owes his victory to the priority attached by millions of voters to...
Hatchet job
For most of the 2004 campaign, Senator John Kerry has been trying to obscure the true nature of his proclivities...
Witch-hunt
For weeks now, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has carried out in the press a prosecution of individuals and organizations...
Watch this space
(Washington, D.C.): The past few weeks have seen a number of momentous developments formalized by four highly publicized international events....
The Gipper’s legacy for our time
Three simple words comprise the motto of the Nation's newest and most powerful aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan: "Peace...
In search of a scapegoat
Ahmed Chalabi has suddenly become a kind of Arabian piñata, presented to the world as everything from a con-man, felon...
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...
Going after Chalabi sends the wrong message and a dangerous one
It is hard to believe that a country reeling from reports of prison abuse at the hands of American military...
Standing by Rumsfeld
The London Economist Magazine last week emblazoned its front cover with the two-word headline “Resign, Rumsfeld.” In so doing, it...
Remain, Rumsfeld
(Washington, D.C.): The London Economist Magazine last week emblazoned its front cover with the two-word headline "Resign, Rumsfeld." In so...
Get a grip
The domestic media and political feeding frenzy that has ensued in the wake of revelations of prisoner abuse by U.S....