The Bully in Baghdad

Politics has trumped democracy as Iraq just postponed a key vote on the status of U.S. forces in their country.

Art of Torture

The Bush administration will forever be remembered as “the administration that tortured.”

Base-less Strategy

Ironically, the question of whether U.S. bases being built in Iraq should be, or clearly already are, permanent, is more of a U.S. domestic controversy than an issue between the United States and Iraq.

The Democrats "Free Trade" Divide

“Free trade,” a key issue in the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party, is behind some of the most contentious political debates of our times.