AltWeeklies Wire
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Tells the Truth Too Latenew
Olmert recently said something that no previous Israeli prime minister has said. He declared that if Israel wants peace, it must withdraw from almost all the lands it occupied in 1967. Unfortunately, it's probably too late.
The Georgia Straight |
Gwynne Dyer |
10-06-2008 |
International
Bush's Loser Lap Around the Middle Eastnew
After the debacle of President Bush's Middle East junket, just as a matter of national security the country should consider barring reviled lame-duck leaders from taking loser laps to regions of the world they have degraded.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
05-22-2008 |
Commentary
Arms Expert Scott Ritter Says the U.S. Plans to Attack Irannew
With each passing week, it seems there are more stories raising the specter of George Bush turning Afghanistan and Iraq into a bloody trifecta and attacking Iran. We talk to former UN arms inspector Scott Ritter whose book Target Iran warns of impending war.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette and W. Kim Heron |
11-29-2007 |
War
Forget Petraeus, Here's the Juan Cole Reportnew
"No happy endings in Iraq that I can see," says the University of Michigan history professor and author of the must-read blog Informed Comment.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
09-18-2007 |
War
The Arab Street's Long Shadownew
Israeli and Arab leaders share the fear of swelling support for Sunni fighters in Iraq.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
04-13-2007 |
International
Tags: war in iraq, Middle East
Bad Times 101new
These books are must-reads for understanding Iraq, the war on terror and conflict in the Middle East.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gwyneth Doland |
08-02-2006 |
International
Tags: Books, Middle East
The Lost Dream of Peacenew
Ariel Sharon's life, and Israel's, hang in the balance.
The Village Voice |
Anya Kamenetz |
01-05-2006 |
Commentary
Pseudo Arabia
Written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, who scripted Steven Soderbergh's structurally kindred Traffic, the intriguing but finally unsatisfying Syriana is the latest product of the Clooney-Soderbergh salutary-cinema factory.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-09-2005 |
Reviews
Memo From Karl Rove: I Quit!new
To G.W. Bush: You ain't got the sense God gave a wart hog, boy.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
09-14-2005 |
Comedy
Destroying Babylonnew
Forget the elections -- Iraq is falling apart. Besides, as the on-the-scene reporter observes, calling them elections is a bit of stretch.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dahr Jamail |
01-26-2005 |
War
Noam Chomsky on What Matters
Before an appearance in Santa Fe with Tariq Ali, Chomsky speaks about the U.S. response to the tsunami, the state of the country and healthcare costs that "could well bankrupt the economy."
Santa Fe Reporter |
Julia Goldberg |
01-19-2005 |
Politics
