Truth to Power
Tonight's State of the Union address should be unlike any in recent memory. Not because George W. Bush turns...
George W Bush
Guantanamo Bay: five years later
In January 2002, while the rubble of the Twin Towers was still being removed, military aircraft began landing at Guantanamo...
For your country
Last week, President Bush addressed the Nation to describe a "way forward" in the War for the Free World and...
A tale of three leaders
This is a tale of three men, all prominent figures on the world stage. Two of them - Saddam Hussein...
Ethiopia and Somalia
by Paul B. Henze A lack of relevant fact and background information characterizes most reporting on recent developments in Somalia. ...
Securing America’s energy needs
Seemingly unrelated events of the past week suggest considerable trouble ahead for U.S. vital interests. As President Bush puts the...
Surge protector
Suddenly, "surge" is the talk of the town. Gone, for the moment at least, is "surrender" - the leitmotif, if...
Baker’s poisoned fruits
It seems as though poison is much in vogue at the moment. For example, Russia's emerging dictator, Vladimir Putin, appears...
Center’s Kyl and Woolsey warn against negotiating
In the wake of the submission to President Bush and the Congress of the Iraq Study Group's report, members of...
Farewell John Bolton
(Washington, D.C.): Today's announcement that John Bolton will forego further efforts to remain at his post as the (ironically named)...
Iraq Surrender Group
On Wednesday, an unelected, unaccountable and substantially unqualified commission will formally report what hasn't already been leaked about its recommendations...
Policing in an Age of Terror: Prevention is Best
London's Metropolitan Polic A couple of weeks before the anniversary of the deadly July 7, 2005 terrorist attacks in London,...
The new groupthink
We are, as the saying goes, between Iraq and a hard place. Unfortunately, events this week seem likely to drive...
The way ahead
Democratic political strategist Pat Caddell is one angry man. His is not the anger, however, of a typical partisan, seething...
Tragedy of errors
The mistakes that led to last week's elections - and the errors that seem likely to flow from them -...