Georgie Anne Geyer

"Why don't the American people care?" That is the question, as the many trials of William Jefferson Clinton endlessly wind their way through a confused national consciousness. But isn't that...

Late in December, still another troubled Balkans delegation visited Washington, this time with specific warnings. The group of parliamentarians from Montenegro, the little Yugoslav republic on the Adriatic Sea, even...

The common wisdom is that there is no cooperation in this town anymore. Everyone is pitted against everybody else, like pit bulls. Well, that may be true most of the...

Immediately after December's bombing in Iraq, Gen. Hugh Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, admitted to journalists that he was surprised there had been no real "response" from...

The winner here in Sunday's important referendum did not exactly inspire one to lofty purposes. It was not exactly "I love you," or "Patria o Muerte," or "One if by...

A compelling political drama being acted out on this beautiful island is critical to the future of the United States. The problem is that most Americans don't know the first...

"I'm not a warrior, I'm a soldier. I don't like war, I like painting and children." With those interesting words, Comandante Hugo Chavez, the "mysterious caudillo" who will probably become...

Usually even in this confused "modern" century, major events announce themselves with hymns, heraldry or hope. The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a scream from the Russian soul. The American...

It was 7:30 a.m., still cool and dark, when George W. Bush came striding out of the unostentatious ranch house where he had been staying for yet another day on...

Last spring when I spent weeks touring the Caucasus countries of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, my spirits were buoyed by the new hope that one could sense in those long-oppressed...