They normally come in the form of simple, one or two-paragraph queries, affectionately, and sometimes not so affectionately, referred to by his underlings and colleagues as "snowflakes." But Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld's latest ruminations blew in like a...
The image was not an edifying one: the president of the United States a horse, his vice president, the rider. But that is the image Sen. Joseph Biden, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, used to describe the power relationship between U.S....
Sometime in the morning of October 19, Alija Izetbegovic passed away in a Sarajevo hospital, marking the end of an era for Bosnia. The treatment of his death spoke volumes about his actions in life. While Muslims mourned the "father of the nation" and Western press...
It was just a brief item published in the New York Times, reporting yet another attack on our soldiers in Iraq: one American paratrooper killed, six wounded. At first glance, "One G.I. Killed in New Attack in Falluja" gave no hint of the horror behind the headline,...
The U.S. military should be investigating the deaths of dozens of Iraqi civilians killed by its troops; instead, it is not even keeping track of their numbers, says a report released here Tuesday. In an investigation undertaken in late September, Human Rights Watch...
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A child born in America today is $124,000 in debt the moment he draws his first breath. The newborn's inherited debt grows daily. Upon reaching working age, an enormous debt awaits. How does a newborn get into debt prior to having a mortgage, credit card and car...
The news that conservative radio megatalker Rush Limbaugh has announced that he is addicted to prescription painkillers and is seeking treatment – apparently not for the first time – could have a significant and beneficial impact on the worldwide struggle...
Amid rising tensions over Iran's nuclear program and renewed charges that it is sheltering senior al-Qaeda leaders, including the son of Osama bin Laden, a major international think tank is calling on the administration of President George W Bush to seriously engage...
Congress passed an $87 billion spending bill last week to fund our occupation of Iraq, $20 billion of which is an outright foreign aid giveaway of your money for all kinds of civic and social programs there. This $20 billion was tied to money for troop support, so...
