Tag: War

When the London subway shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes was first reported, I spoke up in support of the police. From all the reports, Mr. De Menezes had …

Ever since I first heard about it, I've instinctively agreed with Godwin's Law and the implications thereof -- that pretty much any comparison of anything to Nazism is a …

With the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza continuing, I've been watching the Palestinian reaction. They're not proclaiming it a great step towards peace, towards an end to decades of hostility …

I knew when I saw that Leopold Stotch blogged this over at at OTB that there was a reason for the timing: Clinton: I Would Have Attacked Bin Laden …

I've been watching the painful Israeli pullout from the Gaza strip, and it's been heartbreaking. Settlers are doing everything they can (well, everything short of violence, an occurrence that …

During all the stir about the Cindy Sheehan story, I started wondering: is there a historical precedent for this? I recall stories of letters from Abraham Lincoln to mothers …