Month: December 2007

Yesterday, The New York Times (Sunday edition) devoted almost a full page of its Op-Ed section to a number of short essays written by economists, Wall Street analysts, scholars and fellows at various “think tanks”...

Seems our old friends the Russians are going ahead with the shipments of nuclear fuel to Iran for the Bushehr power plant. Russia said Monday it has begun fuel deliveries to an atomic power station in Iran, which is at the...

I’m not sure I want popular opinion on my side — I’ve noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts.  – Bethania McKenstry I don’t know who Bethania is, but I bet she was...

Suppose I were to argue that, given Israel’s numerous and gross war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, the international community should impose sanctions on Israel of such severity that 80% of the...

Okay. You’re a Republican politician running for president and your campaign is collapsing. Just one month ago, Mitt Romney’s supporters thought that they had Iowa fairly well in hand. But there was Mr. Romney last week,...