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Even for a government that has shown all the political subtlety of a rampaging rhinoceros, this was an especially maladroit maneuver - and al-Dari's clerical organization, the Association of Muslim Scholars, has moved swiftly to capitalize on it. The Association's spokesmen have accused the Shi'ite prime minister...
In the immediate wake of Sept. 11, humor went out of style.A writer for “The Onion” declared that “the age of irony is over.” Jon Stewart, host of “The Daily Show,” cried on...
Rather, we all need a sober self-examination—remember that much of the increased pressure for tailgate restrictions started when some idiotic Harvard students almost drank themselves to death—and an increased willingness to organize and improvise in the face of an indifferent administration and a...
Why is the U.S. not pursuing an exit strategy that involves more help from our allies like Saudi Arabia and Egypt? Their interests certainly supersede ours in that the tens of thousands of people who have been killed are their neighbors and not the U.S.'s. The war and attendant...
The sectarian bloodbath will get worse. Iraq's Sunni-Shi'ite civil war has already claimed tens of thousands of lives and forced Sunnis and Shi'ites to abandon coexistence. This is tragic and certainly not what most Iraqi Shi'ites or Sunnis want. But once under way, civil wars...