Truthdig Columns

2011

08/28 Prosecuting War Crimes? Be Sure to Read the Fine Print

07/05 Syria Has Seen Similar Bloodshed Before

2010

06/18 German Captains, U-Boats and Other Lies About Ireland

04/02 The Taliban’s Glossy New Front in the Battle for Hearts and Minds

03/19 The Terrifying World of Pakistan’s ‘Disappeared’

03/12 Getting a Read on the Middle East

03/05 Mubarak’s Challenger Can’t Rely on a Fair Race

02/12 State of Denial: Searching for Peace in Israel

01/22 War Looms Between Israel and Hezbollah

01/03 Walls Never Work—in the Middle East or in Ireland

2009

12/29 The Silent Cleric Who Holds the Key to Iran’s Future

12/06 These Iranian Troubadours Show How Music Can Corrupt the Soul

12/04 How the Anti-Semites of Hezbollah Have Sent Anne Frank Back Into Hiding

11/27 India May Hold the Whip Hand in Dubai Power Game

11/06 America Performs Its Familiar Role of Propping Up a Dictator

10/23 End of an Era for Lebanon’s Free Press

09/30 Israel Should Pay Attention to a Man of Justice

09/07 ‘Lebanon’s Madoff’ Goes Bankrupt After Bouncing Check to Hezbollah

08/01 Gulf War Legacy Flares as Kuwait Puts the Squeeze on Iraq

07/26 Lessons in Justice in the Middle East

06/23 Symbols Are Not Enough to Win This Battle

06/21 Battle for the Islamic Republic

05/10 Civilians Pay the Price of War From Above

05/02 British Government Gives Iraq Story a Final Spin

04/18 How Can You Trust the Cowardly BBC?

04/06 Will Obama Say the ‘G’ Word?

03/29 If Only the World Had Listened

03/21 Human Rights Defenders Have It Tough in the Mideast

02/28 Consider the Source

02/14 Rules of War Weren’t Made for Only One People

02/07 War Reporters Used to Prefer Morality Over Impartiality

01/31 When Did We Stop Caring About Civilian Deaths During Wartime?

01/19 Time for a War Crimes Tribunal?

01/16 Leave World War II Out of Gaza

01/10 Time to Stop the Mideast Comparisons

01/09 Why Do They Hate the West So Much, We Will Ask

01/06 Bring In the Peacekeepers?

2008

12/29 Leaders Lie, Civilians Die, and Lessons of History Are Ignored

12/28 Who Believes There Is ‘Progress’ in the Middle East?

12/20 One Missing Word Sowed the Seeds of Catastrophe

11/29 Afghanistan in Crisis

11/23 Making Movies the Afghan Way

11/15 No End to the Savagery in Afghanistan

11/08 Paying for Eight Years of Bush’s Delusions

11/01 Six Held at Guantanamo After Plot Claim Is Dropped

10/18 Ancient Words Our Leaders Should Heed

10/11 ‘Collateral Damage’ Not Much Different From Targeted Killing

09/29 Bush Favors Bankers Over Soldiers

09/22 Horrors of War Our Leaders Never Have to Confront

08/03 Syria Succeeds by Doing Nothing

07/18 Dramatic Return for the Living and the Dead

07/15 Educating the U.S. About the Middle East

07/03 Snapshots of Life and Death in Baghdad

06/16 The Middle East Never Tires of Threats

06/07 The West’s Weapon of Self-Delusion

05/11 Hezbollah Rules West Beirut in Iran’s Proxy War With America

04/11 Semantics Can’t Mask Bush’s Chicanery

03/19 The Only Lesson We Ever Learn Is That We Never Learn

02/29 The Gardens of the Devil

01/18 Bush’s Tragic Dream World

2007

11/29 Déjà Vu in Annapolis

10/15 Do You Know the Truth About Lockerbie?

10/08 Here We Go Again

10/01 A Lesson in Courage From Beirut

09/21 Lebanese Government on Verge of Collapse

08/30 Questioning 9/11 ... With Caution

08/21 Looking Back at Lebanon

08/10 Lebanese Strike a Blow at U.S.-Backed Government

08/03 Expecting the Worst in Lebanon

07/19 Lawrence of Arabia Had it Right About Iraq

06/29 How Can Blair Possibly Be Given This Job?

06/22 Welcome to ‘Palestine’