A new phrase has crept into the dispatches from Iraq in recent weeks – “civil war.” Insurgents are increasing their attacks on Iraqis who cooperate, or as they see it, collaborate, with Americans. Some attacks are on individuals, like police or military recruits, others are aimed at groups, like the Kurds. Looming civil war completes […]

The presidency of the United States is a big, big job. Every day, dozens of decisions are made, statements released and executive orders issued on a host of subjects, all in the president’s name. No president could find enough hours in the day to sign all the documents personally, much less delve into the policy […]

George W. Bush has always needed a bad guy. Bill Clinton was his original bad guy – more of a bad boy, really. During Mr. Bush’s first months in the Oval Office, any and all problems were blamed on “the previous administration.” Just when Mr. Bush had pushed that excuse to the limit of credibility, […]

The International Herald Tribune Wednesday reported that 300 peacekeeping troops will be sent to the Darfur region of Sudan to protect an African Union fact-finding team. The peacekeeping force will consist of 150 Nigerian troops and – ironically – 150 Rwandan soldiers. It is the 1994 Rwandan massacres, in which one million Hutus and Tutsis […]