The Domestic Front
Jerusalem – Earlier this month, in a defiant speech to his Kadima party, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert defended his record. Again and again Olmert wore his unpopularity as a ...
Is Green Good?
I just saw a very inconvenient movie. Not An Inconvenient Truth, starring Al Gore, but a new documentary that aired last week on BBC 4 called The Great Global Warming ...
MoveOn in the Right Direction
“What if they called a war and nobody came?” goes the peace slogan. Perhaps the more salient question, however, is: How many times will “peace movements” pave the road to ...
Double or Nothing
According to a Gallup poll, Jews believe the war in Iraq was a mistake by a margin greater than any other American religious group. Why? Because Jews are trying to ...
Peace=Capitulation
It must be hard to be Condoleezza Rice. Being the umpteenth envoy assigned to bang your head against the wall called “Mideast peace” is hardly enviable. Each trip, she must ...
The Baker Trap
If the Democrats have a bogeyman in American politics, it’s James Baker. Many Democrats blame Republican super-fixer Baker for “stealing” the cliffhanger 2000 election from Al Gore by masterminding the ...
Who Isolated Whom?
There is a gaping hole in the international position on Iran, and Gambia, of all countries, has pointed it out. After the presidents of the two countries exchanged visits, Gambia ...
Presidential Material
My fellow Americans: When I first swore the oath of office as your president almost six years ago, I committed to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United ...
Coalition Building Better
Why did Condoleezza Rice visit the Middle East this week? No secretary of State likes to shuttle around with no obvious result. But she could not help herself. The pull ...
The War We Forgot to Fight
Here is my grand unified theory of the history of the universe:
– democracies show weakness;
– dictators are emboldened and attack;
– democracies respond slowly, insufficiently, or appease; ...