So Benedict XVI didn’t intend to offend Muslims.  But he did!  Any pope must realize that outside the realm of ecclesiastical dogma, his pronouncements, whether casual or formal,.. FULL STORY...

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 Driven by Dementia

The atrocity of 9/11, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, of John F. Kennedy, and the disasters that befell the crews of the Challenger and Columbia electrify the mind,.. FULL STORY...

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The War on Terror, as Others See It

The USA's mass media constantly tell us how Americans see the "war on terror." But the same outlets rarely tell us much about how the rest of the world sees it. FULL STORY...

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War Crimes Prosecution, Impeachment

With great fanfare, George W. Bush announced to a group of carefully selected 9/11 families yesterday that he had finally decided to send Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 13 other alleged terrorists to Guantánamo Bay,.. FULL STORY...

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Americans’ unrealized “peace dividend”

Once upon a time, as the Soviet Union decided, or felt compelled, to put an end to the “cold war” – a decade short of the new millennium – Americans rejoiced with a sense of relief from... FULL STORY...

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A TV Debate We'll Never See

When Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, invited President Bush to engage in a "direct television debate" a few days ago, the White House predictably responded by calling the offer "a diversion." FULL STORY...

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Nearly five years into the "war on terror," it's still at the core of American media and politics.  FULL STORY...

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