That is what Ahmad Chalabi is calling for in this morning's Washington Post . He says it will create short-term resentment, but it must...

Long article from this morning's New York Times Magazine on Israel, its support and opposition and some basic history for those who do...

Who knew? Living in Ireland, watching the wrong shows on television (both British and Irish), listening to the wrong radio programs and read...

An opinion piece in this morning's Arab News is actually encouraging. The writer notes that individual Arab nations have been opening d...

Bran at Blog-Irish thinks I frightened the Irish Times back to its more comfortable political position (way out left).

The US Navy is commemorating "The Fighting Sullivans" with a visit to West Cork this weekend . Nice gesture. Only, I'm surp...

Frank has responded to my note below on why I think votes should be extended to emigrants. First, I would like to clarify one thing I w...

Pat Buchanan believes the US is in the grips of a judicial dictatorship , a tyranny more "odious and tyrannical" than George III.

September 11 Port Authority phone call transcripts released. More from the NY Times .

This morning the skies are grey, the air noticeably cooler and the ground outside is wet. Our " hot, hot summer " is apparently ov...

Frank is opposed to extending the franchise to emigrants. He believes that there should be no "representation without taxation". ...

The biggest mistake that the US has committed is not finding someone to be the Iraqi de Gaulle. In 1944 when Paris was liberated (nobody eve...

After reading the Times of India and Pakistan Daily Times , the editorials in today's Guardian and Telegraph are instructive. Both pa...

This morning's Pakistan Daily Times has a reasonable editorial on the bombs in Mumbai. There is also more coverage in the main news sec...

It's hard to generalize based on two newspapers, but the lack of any real coverage or comment in the Pakistan Daily Times on the bombin...

Conor Faughnan says we're not taking the issue of road safety seriously. It's hard to disagree with him. Speeding is a problem, but...

I've always felt that citizens should be entitled to vote in their country's elections regardless of where they reside. The Irish po...

I have complained about the Irish Times as much as anyone in the past few years, so today I want to compliment the paper. Friday's edit...

Dick picks up on my point that I feel the media is somewhat responsible for the type of virus problems that home PC users suffered. He rela...

Tom Friedman is good again today . I would never have agreed to support the war if its aim was solely to promote "decent, open, women-f...