International Political Will

The strategy behind Israel embarrassing the United States with their recent announcement on building new settlements in East Jerusalem doesn’t require much dissection or analysis. The Israel right wing has seen the Obama Administration as an enemy from day one – an administration, they believe, that is inimical to the Israeli state. It’s no wonder [...]

Last week, I was saddened to learn that Brother Tim passed away. His “Blog of Revelation” was a collection of religious and political writings that always looked to help our world progress and grow.
I never met Brother Tim - I only knew him through his writing and the occasional e-mail. But I know he [...]

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who until now showed that he understood the folly of the preemptive war doctrine, just crossed the line into Rumsfeldian stupidity. Instead of addressing the context and forming a new paradigm of strategic policy for the world, Gates hearkened back to the failures of arming proxy-states to further U.S. interests.

Here’s [...]

Another day, another dose of more unbelievable hypocrisy and biased reporting from our so-called “free press” (and allegedly “liberal” if you listen to the conservatives whine and complain). Our own media propagates more of the “he started it” mentality that keeps the Israeli-Palestinian peace process mired in a kindergarten playground fight.
The headlines and story leads [...]

If we could take a specific step to stop a terrorist act, would we?
During my visit last winter to northern Afghanistan as a freelance journalist, it seemed like common sense to avoid a restaurant that serves liquor illegally in an Islamic state. But I was researching a story about the disconnect between aid workers and [...]