Some of my opinions have changed markedly since I wrote these articles. I was and remain just an ordinary citizen trying to learn.

U.S. Foreign Policy

05/11/11   Iraq Tipping Point

05/11/07   Dhimmis Out of Washington

05/10/28   The Indecency of Realism?

05/10/24   Francis Fukuyama: The Neocon Who Isn't

05/10/09   Brzezinski on the 'American Debacle'

05/10/07   Our Saudi 'Allies' and American Foreign Policy

05/09/30   Paul Craig Roberts on the Iraq War

05/09/29   Western Elites Naive on Islam

05/09/25   Pakistan and Madrassas

05/09/20   More Evidence of Amnesty International Bias

05/09/19   Japan and Koizumi Rising

05/09/19   Ali Sina on Muslim Fanaticism vs. US Policy

05/09/02   US and India as Partners Against Terrorism

05/09/01   Conservatives Can Be Realists Too

05/08/30   U.S. Foreign Policy and Religion in India

05/08/28   A Proposal for Winning in Iraq

05/08/24   RAND Report on Religious Conflict

05/08/21   A Tragedy of Naive Good Intentions Unfolding?

05/08/12   Theology of Global Warming

05/08/08   Left-Wing Monster: Pol Pot

05/08/02   On US - Pakistani Relations

05/07/30   Iran is a Huge Looming Problem

05/07/23   US Collateral Damage in Iraq Exaggerated

05/07/21   On India and Indian-American Relations

05/07/21   Chinese General Threatens U.S. With Nukes

05/07/17   Joseph Friedman's Comments on Bush

05/07/16   Professor Juan Cole and the Truth

05/07/14   Krauthammer Justifies Iraq War

05/07/14   Watching America Website

05/07/02   The Saddam - Al Qaeda Connection

05/07/06   Odom on Iraq

05/07/05   Iraq Viewed from the Left

05/06/14   Israel tries to defuse arms sale dispute with U.S.

05/06/12   The Global Shift

05/06/12   More on Amnesty and Guantanamo

05/06/08   Arms Fiascoes Lead to Alarm Inside Pentagon

05/06/05   Is the U.S. 'Torturing' War Captives?

05/06/02   Middle East Democracy: What are the lessons?

05/06/02   James Wolcott on the Iraq War

05/05/28   John Foster Dulles Warned of Overextension

05/05/27   Is Amnesty International Out of Line?

05/05/26   Is Mideast Democracy Good for U.S. Security?

05/05/25   A View from the Left on 'Blowback'

Islam & Terrorism

Note: Starting 21 Aug 2005, most of my articles on Islam and Terrorism will be posted in a separate blog.

05/11/04   Muslim Riots in France and Denmark

05/10/29   Dhimmitude in Great Britain

05/10/28   Why Be Paranoid About Islam?

05/10/24   Norway May Be Muslim in Our Lifetime

05/10/09   The Legacy of Jihad

05/10/09   Turkey: Back to the Future?

05/09/23   Arafat as a Monster

05/08/21   Islam Today Archive

05/08/10   Jesus Christ - Artifice of Aggression?

05/08/09   "Today Gaza, Tomorrow Jerusalem"

05/08/08   Interview with a British Jihadist

05/08/06   V.S. Naipaul: The Irascible Prophet

05/08/01   Mohammed and Jihad

05/08/01   Indonesian Muslim Body Forbids Liberal Islam

05/07/29   CAIR Backs Fatwa Against Terrorism

05/07/27   American Opinion of Islam

05/07/27   Iraqi Constitution Leans Towards Sharia

05/07/26   Terror is Changing Muslim Opinion

05/07/25   An Islamist Website

05/07/25   Calling Islamism the Enemy

05/07/24   Warming Turkish-Israeli Relations

05/07/20   London Mayor Blames West for Bombs

05/07/18   Robert Pape on Islam and Terrorism

05/07/18   Iraqis Stunned by Insurgent Violence

05/07/16   The Murder of Children

05/07/16   Muslims Against Terrorism

05/07/13   Karen Armstrong Wrong on Islam

05/07/13   Europe's Angry Muslims

05/07/10   Muslim World May Be Changing

05/07/08   Lessons from the Bombings in Britain

05/06/15   The Game of History

05/06/14   A Peaceful Muslim

05/06/07   Al Qaeda Training Manual

05/06/06   Peace in Lebanon?

05/06/03   Single Terrorist Nuke Could Wipe Us Out

05/05/31   Turkey: The Road to Sharia?

05/05/31   The Ugly History of Jihad

05/05/29   Civil War Within Islam?

05/05/28   On the Birth of Modern Israel

05/05/27   On Terrorism and the Misuse of Eloquence

05/05/27   Was 9/11 the 'Last Gasp of the Islamists?

05/05/27   Islam's Revealing Record in India

05/05/27   Muslim Leaders Refuse to March Against Terrorism

05/05/25   Did America Create Militant Islam?

05/05/25   Muslim Anguish and Western Hypocrisy

Politics & Society

05/11/10   Terror Bill Defeated in Britain

05/11/09   Some Thoughts on the Supreme Court

05/10/24   Stalin the Monster

05/10/24   Pork Barrel Outrage

05/10/22   On Palestinian Violence

05/10/18   Unmasking Mao

05/10/18   No, Freedom of Religion Is Not a Joke

05/10/03   BBC Readers Pick Chomsky for World Leader

05/09/11   Figuring Out the Katrina Timeline

05/09/03   Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

05/08/27   Lawsuits Threaten Free Speech

05/08/24   Alumni and Trustee Indifference Fuels Academic Decadence

05/08/12   Intelligent Design

05/07/25   Huffington Post is Alarmingly Frivolous

05/07/23   Draconian Punishments Shame America

05/07/17   Sentenced to Life for Speaking

05/06/14   Fallaci Trial in Italy is an Ominous Portent

05/06/09   Libertarians and the PATRIOT Act

05/06/06   A Case Study in Misrepresenting Hinduism

05/06/04   A Leftist View of the EU Debacle

05/06/04   Air Force Academy Chief Admits School Bias

05/06/01   Does Horowitz Go Too Far in Blasting the Left?

05/05/31   Mainstream News Media vs. America?

05/05/30   Pat Robertson Called Hinduism 'Demonic'

05/05/30   Soldiers of Christ

05/05/29   Europe At the Precipice

05/05/26   Africa: The Good News

05/05/25   Christopher Hitchens: From Left to Right

05/05/25   Fallaci Charged in Italy with Defaming Islam

05/05/25   Are the Feds Crossing the Line?

05/05/25   The GOP and the K Street Lobbyists

05/05/25   Increasing Stratification in America

05/05/25   A French Intellectual on Anti-Americanism

05/05/25   A Defense of Ward Churchill

05/05/25   The Dutch Rethink Multiculturalism

05/05/25   Whitewash at Columbia?

05/05/25   Yale Fires An Acclaimed Anarchist Scholar

05/05/25   On the Academic Hierarchy

05/05/25   Berkeley Intifada

The Economy

05/09/02   Dumping Dollar Could Trigger Economic 9/11

05/07/11   China Trade Surplus Swells to 5X Year Ago

05/07/01   The Economist on the Housing Bubble

05/06/12   Real Estate, the Global Obsession

05/06/12   Losing Our Country?

05/06/04   Tom Friedman on Globalization

05/06/04   Alan Murray on the Housing Bubble

05/05/30   It's Not a Bubble Until It Bursts

05/05/25   Seven Harsh Truths About Real Estate

05/05/25   The Run-Up in Home Prices: Real or Bubble?

05/05/25   Why You Can't Afford a House in San Francisco

05/05/25   Real Estate Bubble: There goes the neighborhood!

Healthcare

05/07/25   WSJ on Cheaper Health Insurance

05/07/17   Too Much Medical Research?

05/06/09   Compassion for Chronic Pain

05/06/08   Medical Students on Universal Health Care

05/06/06   60 Minutes: High Cost of Drugs

05/06/02   Medical Malpractice and the Insurance Industry

05/05/29   Orthodox Jews for Stem Cell Research

05/05/27   Blind Medical Student Earns M.D.

Miscellaneous

05/05/25   Introduction