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For so many years, America’s economy was so dominant on the world stage, so out front in so many key areas, that we fell into the habit...
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May 09,2005 00:00:00 AM
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Mon, May 09, 2005Time to change US education systemPremium Story
May 02,2005 00:00:00 AM
One of America’s most important entrepreneurs recently gave a remarkable speech to a summit meeting of our nation’s governors. Bil...
Mon, May 02, 2005Please, not Bolton as US in the UNPremium Story
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My biggest problem with nominating John Bolton as UN ambassador boils down to one simple fact: He’s not the best person for the job ...
Fri, Apr 29, 2005Sizzle, yes, but beef, tooPremium Story
April 25,2005 00:00:00 AM
New York Times columnists are not allowed to endorse US Presidential candidates. Only the editorial page does that. But in checking the colu...
Mon, Apr 25, 2005Bush disarms, unilaterallyPremium Story
April 19,2005 01:05:04 AM
One of the things that I can’t figure out about the Bush team is why an administration that is so focused on projecting US military str...
Tue, Apr 19, 2005The Calm Before the StormPremium Story
April 15,2005 00:00:00 AM
So here’s a question I’ve been wrestling with lately: With all these reports about the bungling of US intelligence, and the CIA re...
Fri, Apr 15, 2005The Rice deck of cardsPremium Story
April 01,2005 00:00:00 AM
I’ve been to this play before. It always starts out like the coming-out season for debutantes in Palm Beach, and it always ends around ...
Fri, Apr 01, 2005Geo-greening by examplePremium Story
March 28,2005 00:00:00 AM
How will future historians explain it? How will they possibly explain why President George W. Bush decided to ignore the energy crisis stari...
Mon, Mar 28, 2005War with the values of a revolutionPremium Story
March 25,2005 00:49:20 AM
Of all the stories about the abuse of prisoners of war by American soldiers and CIA agents, surely none was more troubling and important tha...
Fri, Mar 25, 2005New signs on Arab StreetPremium Story
March 14,2005 00:00:00 AM
From Baghdad to Beirut, the Middle East has seen a series of popular demonstrations for democracy. There were, however, two street protests ...
Mon, Mar 14, 2005Arms sales begin at homePremium Story
March 07,2005 00:00:00 AM
For the life of me, I simply do not understand why President Bush is objecting to the European Union’s selling arms to China, ending a ...
Mon, Mar 07, 2005Brave, young and MuslimPremium Story
March 04,2005 00:00:00 AM
The last couple of years have not been easy for anyone, myself included, who hoped that the Iraq war would produce a decent, democratising o...
Fri, Mar 04, 2005Honey, I shrunk the dollarPremium Story
February 25,2005 00:00:00 AM
I have just one question about President Bush’s trip to Europe: Did he and Laura go shopping? If they did, I would love to have been a ...
Fri, Feb 25, 2005When camels flyPremium Story
February 21,2005 00:00:00 AM
It’s good news, bad news time again for the Middle East. The good news is that what you are witnessing in the Arab world is the fall of...
Mon, Feb 21, 2005Hama Rules vs Baghdad RulesPremium Story
February 18,2005 00:00:00 AM
About two weeks ago, a friend of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri stopped by my office to update me on Lebanon and pass on a mess...
Fri, Feb 18, 2005No mullah left behindPremium Story
February 14,2005 00:00:00 AM
The Wall Street Journal ran a very, very alarming article from Iran on its front page last Tuesday. The article explained how the mullahs in...
Mon, Feb 14, 2005Importance of IraqPremium Story
February 11,2005 00:00:00 AM
In the past week, I’ve received several e-mail notes from Democrats about the Iraq elections, or heard comments from various Democratic...
Fri, Feb 11, 2005A penny for bin Laden, $50 m for his thoughtsPremium Story
February 07,2005 00:00:00 AM
A few weeks ago it was reported that the Bush administration was considering doubling the reward for capture of Osama bin Laden from $25 mil...
Mon, Feb 07, 2005A moment of decencyPremium Story
February 04,2005 00:00:00 AM
As someone who believed, hoped, worried, prayed, worried, hoped and prayed some more that Iraqis could one day pull off the election they di...
Fri, Feb 04, 2005The geo-green alternativePremium Story
January 31,2005 00:00:00 AM
One of the most striking things I’ve found in Europe these past two weeks is the absolute conviction that the Bush team is just itching...
Mon, Jan 31, 2005Divided we standPremium Story
January 24,2005 00:00:00 AM
There's only one thing you can say about the elections in Iraq: they are either going to be the end of the beginning there or the beginning ...
Mon, Jan 24, 2005Pop-Tarts won’t win us Muslim worldPremium Story
January 17,2005 00:00:00 AM
In the wake of US aid to victims of the tsunami, Colin Powell suggested that maybe, now that the Muslim world had seen ‘‘American ...
Mon, Jan 17, 2005Trust the public, ignore the privatePremium Story
January 15,2005 00:00:00 AM
In trying to think through whether we should press ahead with elections in Iraq or not, I have found it useful to go back and dig out my bas...
Sat, Jan 15, 2005Vote in IraqPremium Story
January 07,2005 00:00:00 AM
Each day we get closer to the Iraqi elections, more voices are suggesting that they be postponed. This is a tough call, but I hope the elect...
Fri, Jan 07, 2005