Author: ask

The reference in the title shouldn’t require much clarification, but let me just give you a brief reminder that a week can be a very long time in international politics. Less than a week ago, George W. Bush gave a speech...

It’s Passover and not much time for writing. But since there is no current Open Thread I’ll put these links and quotes in a diary. This is worse than the John Yoo memos. How the military was hoodwinked into torture....

Here’s a little story that won’t get much traction in the media, but intrepid bloggers should be aware. Google is up to nothing good and is willingly participating in censorship. And this story is not based abroad,...

Dumped on the United Nations, that is! I’m not really inclined to write a diary entry this morning, but some recent articles on a blog on UN affairs that I frequent deserve some attention outside it’s usual...

There has not been much publicity over Bush’ upcoming trip to Israel. And why should there be, as the visit will only serve to again emphasize what a walking disaster the pResident is? Bush To Make His First Visit To...