News coverage of the United Nations gets confusing sometimes. Is
the U.N. a vital institution or a dysfunctional relic? Are its Security
Council resolutions profoundly important for international relations --
or beside the point because...
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03 October 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- One thing I have always admired about the U.S. military services is their ability to learn from their mistakes. They have institutionalized this ability in the form of remarkable After Action Reviews, which include...
03 October 2002
SAN FRANCISCO -- The conventional wisdom in Washington is that it's
pointless or reckless for Americans to speak with Iraqi officials. But
some on Capitol Hill are beginning to think otherwise.
Last month, for the...
Last month, for the...
01 October 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- I realize it's early days for this sort of thing, but I already have a nomination for dumbest sentence of the decade. You have a mere eight years to top this one, so you'd better get cracking.
I found it in...
I found it in...
26 September 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- The economy is a mess. We are now in the second dip of a double-dip recession. ("Looks like a W," say the economists, another reason why economists are not famous for their humor.) Six and a quarter trillion dollars has...
24 September 2002
You might remember the old movie "Twelve Angry Men," starring
Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb and E.G. Marshall. Most of the dramatic
film takes place inside a jury room as a dozen people deliberate at
the end of a murder trial. It's...
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