Brussels, Belgium artist-activist Ben Heine makes powerful criticism through cartoons and illustrations. His work protesting imperialism and other human rights violations has an international following. The prolific and timely drawings range from dark and tough to sweet and tender. Artists in at least a half dozen countries have now dra wn cartoons of him.

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Matt Welch on GOP Frontrunner John McCain

Ahead of Super Tuesday, Senator John McCain is leading Republican polls, a significant comeback for a campaign that appeared expired just six months ago.

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Good and Evil at the Center of the Earth

[Quito] I don't know what the hell seized me. In the middle of an hour-long interview with the President of Ecuador, I asked him about his father.

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A Discussion with the legendary anti-war activist Daniel Ellsberg

Some events in history seem to repeat themselves as time-modified replicas, if not exact copies.  And there are chroniclers of those events – participants at times – who bestow an undisputed clarity in the analysis of many of these conflictive situations.  Daniel Ellsberg has been such a person, participant and chronicler, on the Vietnam War; and a continuing participant for four decades in the effort to bring peace.

We could not think of a better candidate than Dr. Ellsberg to provide us with some insight on the present conflict in Iraq; the prospect of a war with Iran; and even some thoughts on US foreign policy – and the possibility of change. Shahram Vahdany

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