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The peaceful, democratic end to violence in Northern Ireland could be a model for a way out of the Israel-Palestine stalemate. UN recognition of Palestinian statehood would be the first step.

Washington hawks have put the kibosh on Barack Obama's ambassadorial appointment to Syria, further fueling skepticism in the Arab world about the "new beginning" he promised in Cairo last year.

Is Obama's dialogue with Iran already doomed?

Will the president have the courage to allow George Mitchell to apply the lessons of his experience of high-stakes conflict resolution?

Readers write back on the subprime crisis, affordable housing, E.L. Doctorow and more.

Two new books explore the states of wonder and mortification evoked by baseball.

How the mortgage industry stole black America's hard-won wealth.

If democracy does not prevail in August, the Democrats will not prevail in November.

George Mitchell's long-awaited report on steroids in baseball slanders players, gives owners a pass and never acknowledges its author's conflicts of interest.

By selecting George Mitchell to head a steroids inquiry, Major League Baseball keeps the focus strictly on players, not on the owners who silently encourage abuse.