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Militance and defiance in the Middle East

Friday, 07.11.2008, 12:08pm

WASHINGTON � One of the frightening lessons one learns from spending time in Washington, DC is that most of the men and women who make or influence American policy in the Middle East actually have little or no first-hand experience in the region. They know very little about its people, or its political trends at the grassroots level � as the Iraq experience reconfirms so painfully.

Credit Card Fair Fee Act unfair to consumers

Friday, 07.11.2008, 10:10am

Americans hold nearly $1 trillion in credit-card debt, according to data just released by the Federal Reserve. Now Congress wants to make that burden even heavier. Some misguided lawmakers are pushing legislation that would saddle consumers with fees that retailers don't want to pay.

Vertical ID makes underage drinking harder

Friday, 07.11.2008, 10:09am

Five years ago, Michigan began to approach the problem of underage drinking in a different way � vertically rather than horizontally.

The problem with Iran

Friday, 07.04.2008, 10:59pm

This week David De Batto posted an article on rense.com called "An Iran Attack Scenario � A Catastrophe." With his extensive background in intelligence, military service and on the ground service in Iraq, DeBatto makes a compelling case for a colossal global mess.

The alternative to an Israeli attack on Iran

Friday, 07.04.2008, 10:58pm

Is war between Israel and Iran inevitable? To listen to Iran's radical President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, or Israel's Iranian-born transportation minister Shaul Mofaz, or even recent reports that Israel carried out a major military training mission over the Mediterranean to rehearse an attack on Iran, you might be left with that impression.

The madness of attacking Iran

Friday, 07.04.2008, 08:40pm

DUBAI � History, language and culture might separate Iran from the rest of the Middle East. But physically and geographically, the Arab world and Iran are very close � closer than they might like to think.

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