International Political Will

I believe the word is “appeasement.”
Obama, after first making an allegedly “bold” stand on the Israeli settlement issue a few months ago (even though his “bold stand” was the same as every other president that came before him…) has caved. Given in. Cried ‘Uncle.’ Bent over.
Appeased.
Except when the U.S. government whimpers and admits defeat to [...]

If only Zimbabwe mattered to a public caught up in the price of oil, home foreclosures, and the so-called “war on terror.”

The story skips briefly across the mainstream nightly news, when the cameras are turned from the self-aggrandizing speeches of the presidential contenders.
We know the name: Mugabe. He’s been in power since independence [...]