Global
- World Circus. Bush, Ahmadinejad, and Chavez talk past each other at the UN; time for France to step down from the Security Council.
- European Passengers Right to Privacy Stops at Our Borders. Passengers should agree to let airlines send their personal identifying info to their destination government.
- You Have Struck A Rock. Mukhtaran Bibi, a courageous Pakistani villager, stands up to vicious traditions, while Aung San Suk Kyi celebrates her 60th birthday in confinement in Myanmar.
- New World Order? The Prime Minister of Viet Nam visits the US, second stop, the White House, first stop, Redmond.
- Hezbollah Targets Civilians. On Both Sides. Daily news reports have an implicit imbalance that makes it easy to miss Hezbollah's responsibility for civilian casualties on both sides.
- More Cartoon Backlash.
- Profaning the Prophet. Which is more blashpemous, a cartoon or issuing death threats against cartoonists?
- Duly Elected Terrorists. Hamas was elected to eliminate corruption, not to eliminate Israel. Can they fulfill their mandate?
- Peres, Sharon, Schwarzenegger, and Kennedy. Some musings on the formation of a new centrist party in Israel, and whether it could happen here in America.
- Idle Hands: Marriage, France, and Gaza. Why the new Gaza border agreement is so important. It's all about unemployment.
- The True Face of al-Qaeda. Perhaps the 11/9 bombings in Amman will be a tipping point.
- A New Start? The coincidence of the Jewish high holidays with Ramadan offers the right time for both sides to repent and forgive.
- Tisha b'Av. The Jewish holiday of mourning and its symbolism for the Gaza withdrawal.
- Hopeful Headlines. Sharon makes plans to withdraw from Gaza, while Bush plugs the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in Brussels. (Feb 2005)
- Clinging to Fiction Too Long. China needs to just grow up when it comes to its Taiwan policy.
- God Save Nigeria from His Followers. In Nigeria, Muslims and Christians are killing each other, while the Archbishop says bring it on.
- Six Sigma Training for the G-8? Tony Blair, though well-intentioned, is focusing on the wrong goals.
- Do Agricultural Subsidies Hurt Africa? Whether American and European farm supports hurt the African economy.
- The African Money Pit. The futility of sending money into nations with rampant graft and corruption.
- Lessons From Mexico's Election. Mexico's election administration surpasses the US in credibility, but a populist sore loser may ruin the country's fledgling faith in democracy.
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