By • Apr 10,2003

Castro's calculated crackdown

It seems that every time there is a glimmer of a chance that there might be an American opening towards Cuba, or increased engagement with the island, Fidel Castro does...

By • Apr 08,2003

Strike two, you're out

NBC News and National Geographic fired Baghdad correspondent Peter Arnett earlier this month for giving a controversial interview to Iraqi state TV. During the interview, Arnett falsely claimed the U.S....

By • Apr 06,2003

Let's be honest about Cuba

Around this time in 2001, Secretary of State Colin Powell took it on the chin for opining, “Castro has done some good things for his people.” Last week Powell spoke...

By • Apr 05,2003

Making Unions Accountable

Recently, word came from the Department of Labor that the rumored changes to annual reports required of labor unions were coming down the pipe. The changes will give workers a...

By • Apr 03,2003

Santorum and Sex

Just when you thought it was safe for a Republican to go off the cuff again–after the whole Trent Lott debacle had subsided into distant memory–along comes Sen. Rick Santorum...

By • Mar 15,2003

X is being defined

The grandiose argument that history was at an end appears to be at an end itself. The terror attacks of September 11th and the coming war with the Iraq settled...