ARAFAT’S CUNNINGLY STAGED MEDIA EVENT
I never thought I would live to see Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn. And now that I have, I'm ready to reconsider the merits of longevity. I was...
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NATIONAL INTEREST NOT EXACTLY PUBLIC OPINION
When the new opposition prime minister of Haiti was sworn in at the end of August where was he sworn in? Port-au-Prince? No. Washington. On the same day, Nigeria's opposition...
WILL PALESTINIANS KEEP PROMISES OF PEACE?
When the historic deal between Israel and the PLO was first announced, it was presented as an initial agreement over just two very small pieces of territory, Gaza and Jericho....
GENIUS & MADNESS: NEW FILM EXPLORES A DELICATE BALANCE
"We of the craft are all crazy." -Lord Byron on poets Everyone knows that madness and genius go together. The mad scientist (Dr. Frankenstein), the mad artist (Van Gogh) have...
U.S. HAS FULFILLED ITS ROLE IN SOMALIA-TO FEED IT, NOT REBUILD IT
Another four American soldiers are dead in Somalia. Why are we still there? The Somali operation was never easy to justify-not surprising for an operation entirely devoid of American national...
NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR U.S. MILITARY TO DIVE INTO BOSNIA
President Clinton is delivering yet another bombing threat to the Serbs in Bosnia. The good news is that after six months the new administration may be learning how to use...
PROMISES MADE AS A CANDIDATE CAUSE PROBLEMS AFTER THE WIN
Some presidents are elected because of who they are, others for what they stand for, still others because of what they promise. Dwight D. Eisenhower was a "who they are"...
TOO MUCH ADO, TOO SOON, ABOUT `GAY GENE’
"Research Points Toward a `Gay' Gene," announced The Wall Street Journal. That was one of the more restrained responses to the news coming out of the National Institutes of Health...
SEEING THROUGH THE FLIMSY ARGUMENTS FOR A NUCLEAR TEST BAN
WASHINGTON- On July 3, President Clinton announced that the United States would no longer test nuclear weapons unless and until some other nation went first. The president acknowledged that "additional...
`MESSAGES’ TO SADDAM ARE ALL FOR NAUGHT
On June 26, Bill Clinton launched a "limited and proportionate," "firm and commensurate" attack on Iraq for its attempt on the life of George Bush. The point was to "send...