SHARE        Monday, March 24, 2008
We Can't Take Iraq Neat, We Need a Chaser Not only aren't most of us following Iraq in the news, we turn our backs on books and movies that dramatize it. But folding a veteran's story within a thriller works wells, at least in author Mark Biskeborn's case.

(2 comments) SHARE        Monday, March 17, 2008
Pushing the Envelope of Journalism Until It's Inside-out Anna Poltikovskaya: One of the most courageous journalists ever.

SHARE        Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Not Much Meat on It, But US Still Gnaws on Iran Bone Is Iran's nuclear glass half-empty or half-full?

SHARE        Tuesday, February 26, 2008
"Lethal Pinatas": Keeping Cluster Bombs from Kids It seems like just yesterday, thanks in part to America's only woman Nobel Peace laureate, that the elimination of land mines was the feel-good story of the decade. Yet, nature abhors a vacuum and it wasn't long before they were replaced by cluster munitions as the world's most barbaric weapon this side of nuclear bombs.

SHARE        Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Terrorists Crossing the Border: Genuine Threat? Or hard-right ploy to end immigration?

SHARE        Sunday, February 3, 2008
Will Our Championship Drought in the Super Bowl of Elections Ever End? Does Barack Obama have it in him to be the political equivalent of Big Papi and carry us to the Promised Land?

(5 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, January 29, 2008
It's Not a New JFK We Need in Obama, But the Next Gorbachev It's not just a breath of fresh air we need, but a total transformation.

(5 comments) SHARE        Friday, January 11, 2008
Star Medical Examiner's Compassion a Lesson to Splatter Film Fans Hostel, Saw? Have we crossed some kind of line?

(7 comments) SHARE        Monday, January 7, 2008
School, Mall and Workplace Shootings: Why So Many? No, why so few?

(2 comments) SHARE        Friday, January 4, 2008
Un-becoming a Citizen It takes more -- or less -- than passing your citizenship test to become a true American.

(15 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Hillary's Telling the Truth -- That's the Problem Are we being too hard on Hillary? In the spirit of the holiday season, shouldn't we let bygones be bygones? No, not when force has always been the option of first resort for her.

(3 comments) SHARE        Monday, December 24, 2007
Mitchell Report Fails to Step Up to Plate with a Plan Why name names in the first place? It's hard to tell which paragon of good government he resembles more: J. Edgar Hoover or Joe McCarthy. Which sets a worse example for young T-ball players? Drug use or a witch hunt?

(8 comments) SHARE        Sunday, December 9, 2007
Is the Iran NIE a Trojan Horse? We may have breathed a sigh of release over its release, but Iranian-American commentators smell a rat.

(2 comments) SHARE        Monday, December 3, 2007
Foxy Knoxy and the Case of the Honorary Missing White Woman The sensational murder case you don't have to feel guilty about reading about instead of following Iraq.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, November 15, 2007
You All Know Hanoi Jane, Now Meet Tehran Todd Treason is in the eye of the beholder.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Left Behind: Black Music by White Musicians Today's indie rock is dogged by dumbed-down drumming and a general lack of soul.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Even When Hillary Gets It Right, We Still Don't Believe Her We get it, Hillary -- you're tough. Your real problem is that we have so much trouble believing anything you say.

(4 comments) SHARE        Monday, October 22, 2007
Homeland Security: The Lethal Illusion If you go through life without making any enemies you're doing something wrong. If you go through life making a lot of enemies you're doing something worse.

(10 comments) SHARE        Friday, October 12, 2007
Medals of Honor, Wars of No Honor Neglecting decorated members of the military who served in Iraq might strike a progressive or pacifist as a sign of opposition to our presence there. But the national indifference with which we treat Congressional Medal of Honor winners in general is actually a sign of a deep-seated malaise that, on the contrary, only serves to perpetuate war.

(15 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, September 26, 2007
A Child's Guide to US-Iran Relations The US and Iran's mutual history can be broken down to three basic grievances: He hit me first, it's not fair, and you're a bully.