The Pentagon casts China as the Next Big Threat, but the Chinese regime
is a far greater threat to its unmoored and angry citizens. China’s
unbridled economic expansion has also become a perilous source of
discontent.
The infusion of religion into American politics has become the GOP’s
Achilles’ heel, turning the Republican Party of Lincoln into the party
of theocracy.
A global, grassroots campaign against Coca-Cola is using product bans
and lawsuits to shed light on the corporate giant’s exploitation and brutality in Colombia, India and elsewhere.
Recent elections see Italy divided as it has not been since 1948, but
Romano Prodi has reason to be confident that his center-left coalition
will prevail.
The visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao underscores the
deteriorating US-China relationship, yet the Bush Administration is
making matters worse with diplomatic insults to the Chinese leader.
Fewer than half of New Orleans’s black voters will be able to participate
in upcoming city elections, thanks to passive opposition from the Bush
Administration and listless advocacy from Democrats.
Analytical weaknesses in a controversial academic paper on the impact
of the “Israel lobby” on US Mideast policy hinder its authors’ attempt
to pierce the wall of ignorance and intimidation erected around the
debate.
The Berkeley law professor’s carte blanche constitutionalism was a gift
to the Bush Administration, offering legalistic justifications for
lawless behavior.