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In an interesting an important case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (based in Richmond, VA) ruled 2-1 against the indefinite detention in a military prison of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri. You can read the entire decision, as… more »

One of the few areas in which President Bush has consistently been correct is in his assessment of our enemy in Iraq as ruthless, brutal, and not interested in giving up until they or we are dead. Yesterday's news out of Baghdad serves as a horrible r… more »

re "Smearing Like It's 2003" (E.J. Dionne, Washington Post Op/Ed, 2/26/07) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/25/AR2007022501256.html E.J. Dionne completely misses the real travesty of the Scooter Libby fiasco: Prosecutor P… more »

I have not verified the authenticity of this text, but I presume it is accurate in content and source. Thanks to Luis for sending it along. --------------- Gary L. Ackerman, chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, mad… more »

I read a (long) article called "Identity and migration" by Johns Hopkins Professor Francis Fukuyama. He's a very well-respected and intellectual guy, and I'm not entirely comfortable taking him on when thinking about big-picture global politics, but some… more »

Last night, Prsident Bush gave the 2006 State of the Union speech. Overall, I thought it was as good a speech as a President could give facing a hostile Congress and a fairly hostile nation. Despite complaints by hardcore conservatives like Richard Vi… more »

Thanks to The Freak for sending this along. Finally, a reasonable Muslim world leader, in Africa no less: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/ts_nm/somalia_conflict_dc_88 (See the quotes by the Somali President and the Information Minister) more »

This weekend, I read two fascinating articles on the NY Times website: U.S. Finds Iraq Insurgency Has Funds to Sustain Itself and Iraqi Leader Says Politicians Are Causing Violence The first article discusses a report leaked to the NY Times which po… more »

I hate to say it, but he seems more right every day... The new head of the British army said in an interview that the presence of British soldiers in Iraq may be making the situation worse rather than better at this point. There is much more in the i… more »

I've been traveling and haven't had time to write a piece for today, so instead let me refer you to this very interesting article in the Philadelphia Inquirer entitled "Post-9/11 conflicts rooted in history". Author Jonathan Last makes the case that I… more »