Free Trade Follies
Although Iraq is the defining foreign policy issue so far in the presidential race, China will no doubt be smuggled into the election through this rather stark contrast between the Republicans and Democrats over trade.
McClellan Right: Press Too Deferential
The former White House press secretary is right: mainstream journalists were “deferential, complicit enablers” in the lead up to the Iraq War. But Congress surrendered its voice and failed to question the intelligence.
A Cluster of Fallacies
The U.S. rationale for skipping the cluster bomb negotiations is truly off the wall.
Second Thoughts
George W. Bush has probably pushed more people to the left than Noam Chomsky.
A Moral Burden on U.S. Soldiers
The Iraq War is morally troublesome and many of our soldiers are suffering the consequences.
Middle East Still at War
UFPJ Talking Points #58: The U.S. is losing but the winners are unclear.
The Day Diplomacy Died
In our special Memorial Day edition, World Beat is publishing an obituary for Diplomacy, which died prematurely last week after an extended illness.
Securing the Peace
The Bush administration and peace groups agree: a civilian corps for post-conflict reconstruction is urgently needed.
Getting Iraq to Pay More Is Not the Answer
Congress should stop blaming the Iraqi government for our economic woes.
The Truth About Veteran Suicides
As more vets commit suicide than die in combat, the Department of Veterans Affairs faces a class action lawsuit for allegedly systematically denying mental health care and disability benefits.
The Iraq Supplemental: A Three Ring Circus
A complicated picture has emerged for the latest Iraq spending bill.
Mission Accomplished, Five Years Later
Five years after President George W. Bush declared “Mission Accomplished,” little has changed.
The Erased
Just recently, the stories of the Erased are starting to appear all over the Slovene capital of Ljubljana, from bus shelters to huge canvasses on the facade of a downtown building under reconstruction.
Base-less Strategy
Ironically, the question of whether U.S. bases being built in Iraq should be, or clearly already are, permanent, is more of a U.S. domestic controversy than an issue between the United States and Iraq.
The Democrats "Free Trade" Divide
“Free trade,” a key issue in the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party, is behind some of the most contentious political debates of our times.