The Abandonment of Democracy Wall Street Journal BY JOSHUA MURAVCHIK | The most surprising thing about the first half-year of Barack Obama's presidency, at least in the realm of foreign policy, has been its indifference to the issues of human rights and democracy. No administration has ever made these its primary, much less its exclusive, goals ov...
Terror's Children Wall Street Journal By ALEXANDRA VIETS | In "Children of the Taliban," documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy interviews two 15-year-old boys, Abdurrahman and Wasifullah, who are living in Kachegori Camp, a refugee settlement in Pakistan. | The boys, best friends since childhood, fled their hometown in northern Pa...
Acceptance of U.S. Muslims grows among other faiths Nashville Tennessean | NEW YORK — Sayyid Syeed remembers an interfaith event several years ago when a Jewish leader went to embrace him, saw someone snapping a photo, then suddenly pulled back. | "He said to the man, 'Stop,' '' Syeed recalled, " 'I'll lose my job.' '' | ...
Rick Warren to address American Muslims Nashville Tennessean | NEW YORK — Sayyid Syeed remembers an interfaith event several years ago when a Jewish leader went to embrace him, saw someone snapping a photo, then suddenly pulled back. | "He said to the man, 'Stop,"' Syeed recalled, "'I'll lose my job."' | Times...
Pastor Rick Warren will address American Muslims The Salt Lake Tribune The Evangelical leader will speak to Muslims and Jews at the Islamic Society's annual convention. | By Rachel Zoll | The Associated PressUpdated: 07/02/2009 03:16:55 PM MDT | Click photo to enlargeIn this Sept. 1, 2006 photo, Ingrid Mattson, new...
U.S. Government joins local law enforcement in targeting MS 13 The Examiner Comment RSS Email Print | Freephoto.com | U.S. Government joins local law enforcement in targeting MS 13 to stem their ever increasing violent behavior. | MS 13 has spread from the streets of LA and El Salvador to every major city and many small town...
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Obama Looses the Manhunters Middle East Online Charisma and the Imperial Presidency | Let's face it, even Bo is photogenic, charismatic. He's a camera hound. And as for Barack, Michelle, Sasha, and Malia -- keep in mind that we...
Worldview: Obama's Cairo speech already having an effect Philadelphia Daily News | By Trudy Rubin | Inquirer Opinion Columnist Two weeks' vacation in Italy is a great way for a foreign-affairs columnist to escape from regular duty. As I left Rome on Thursday, P...
American Macho The New York Times | On March 11, 2003, about a week before President George W. Bush began bombing Iraq, the cultural historian Jackson Lears published an Op-Ed article in The New York Times pleadin...
Guantanamo detainee seeks `black sites' access The Examiner Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - Lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee charged with terrorism crimes have asked the U.S. government to preserve overseas locations where he was subjected to "physical and psychological ill-treatment" at secret CIA prisons k...
Statue of Liberty gets her view back USA Today Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By Thad Allender, USA TODAYFor those visiting Liberty Island, security checks have increased dramatically since the 9/11 attacks. Starting Saturday, specially ticketed and screened v...
Masses yearn to huddle in Liberty's reopened crown The Examiner Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - It's crowded. It's hot. You have to climb hundreds of steps to get there. And throngs of people can't wait to visit. | Unfortunately, many will have to. Tickets sold out fast for the July Fourth reopening of the Statue...
The Saddam Files: His final interviews The Independent | Achievements | "Saddam stated he has served the Iraqi people for a very long time. He considers his greatest accomplishments to be the social programs for the citizens of Iraq and improvements in other sectors of the economy including enhancements to education, the healthcare system, industry, agriculture, and other areas that generally enhanced ...
Obama on Moscow visit Irish Times | President Barack Obama heads to Moscow today promising a far-reaching effort to "reset" US-Russia relations that hit a post-Cold War low under the Bush administration. | Mr Obama is expected to clinch summit deals on the outlines of a new nuclear arms pact and improved cooperation in the Afghan war effort, but deep divisions will remain over US m...
