U.S. foreign policy is disgraceful and embarrassing
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He may still possess the poise of a confident leader and an eloquent intellectual, but the presidency of Barack Obama is now suffering its most difficult phase to...‘McCarthyism’ rises in Israel
WASHINGTON — Israel and the Palestinians will resume direct peace talks here in early September, striving for a deal within a year to create an independent Palestinian......
Arizona is messing with the Constitution
May 2nd, 20100 Last week, the elected Republican members of the State Government of Arizona declared their support for an awful, dangerous and probably unconstitutional bill signed by...More immigrants could fix entitlement mess
I was born in 1946, just when the boomer wave began. Bill Clinton was born that year, too. So was George W. So was Laura Bush. And Ken Starr (remember him?) And then,......
Ten ways to react to attacks when going against the grain
Last week a colleague who has been facing repeated and unfair attacks in the media and the blogosphere (for making arguments that cut against the conventional wisdom)...Unfulfilled promises: Guantanamo and torture
Last April we polled across the Arab World asking what Arabs thought was the most positive early action President Obama had taken to improve U.S.-Arab relations. High up......
HPV virus: Time to face reality
I recently contacted the Dearborn, Michigan Health Department to see if they provide the HPV vaccine. The receptionist said yes, but that it is only recommended...Christian Arabs remain the best situated to combat the demonization of Islam
"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves…" Matthew 7:15. According to Christian tradition the......
Girding our loins for the underwear battle
There was a time when errant children were made to stand in corners and reflect on their misdeeds. We are made to stand in lines, in our stocking feet, with our shampoo...
Mormon Senator, Arab singer create Hanukkah tune
December 18th, 20090 A Republican, Mormon U.S. Senator has teamed with an Arab American singer to record a song for Hanukkah. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch,......
Confronting radicalization online
The recent arrests of five American Muslim youth in Pakistan on suspicion of attempting to join militant groups there has provoked deep concern about the existence of...Immigration reform is good for economic recovery
There are signs that the nation is slowly emerging from the longest and most severe recession since the Great Depression. But a full economic recovery will require......
Obama switches gears on Afghanistan
December 4th, 20090 WASHINGTON (IPS) — President Barack Obama presented a case Tuesday for sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan that included both soaring rhetoric and a new...
She’s only 17 and she’s dead either way
October 8th, 20090 Ever since Rifqa Bary ran away from her home in Columbus, Ohio in early August, the ex-Muslim's story of an alleged imminent honor killing at the hands of her parents......
A new approach to U.S. aid in the Muslim world
The American University of Beirut (AUB), from which tens of thousands of Arab leaders have graduated over the last 140 years, is a shining example of foreign aid put...Eyeless in Gaza: Obama’s Palestine flop
Obama's peace initiative on Palestine suffered a stunning, perhaps fatal, blow last week. Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu rejected out of hand any freeze on the......
Religions ring in on healthcare reform
The Centers for Disease Control estimates 44 million Americans, under the age of sixty-five, went uninsured in 2008. Grim new figures report that another 6 million would...When did making a profit become the only reason to do anything?
It used to be that there were some services and institutions so vital to our nation that they were exempt from market pressures. Not anymore. How about this for a......
How the Israel lobby took control of U.S. foreign policy
In the early 1960s, Senator William J. Fulbright fought to force the American Zionist Council to register as agents of a foreign government. The Council eluded...Time for immigration reform is now
Editor's Note: This editorial was produced in association with New America Media (www.newamericamedia.org), a national association of ethnic media, and was published......
Goodbye, GM
June 12th, 20090 I write this on the morning of the end of the once-mighty General Motors. By high noon, the President of the United States will have made it official: General Motors,...Report ties dubious Iran nuclear documents to Israel
WASHINGTON (IPS) — A report on Iran's nuclear program issued by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last month generated news stories publicizing an incendiary......
