The spectacle of human beings acting out mindless violence through pack behavior instills more terror in the heart than perhaps any other event in the natural world.

“Master of Space”–a motto of the United States Space Command, a joint Air Force, Army and Navy command set up by the Pentagon in 1985–says it all.

A little broken glass in the streets of Seattle has transformed the World Trade Organization into a popular icon for the unregulated globalization that tramples human values on every continent, a

It is incredible here.

Ireland’s struggle to extricate itself from the British Empire contributed early and disproportionately to the political vocabulary of the twentieth century: colonial domination and guerrilla res

It is remarkable to what extent almost anything having to do with the Middle East in this country–be it political, cultural, historical or even personal–is permeated by the triumphalist vision

Here’s a might-have-been for you.

After the Battle in Seattle one thing is certain: The next WTO confab will be held somewhere like Singapore or Jakarta.