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When Will It Be Enough, Mr. President?

May 12, 2009

This really is the question upon which everything else will turn — how many bodies are too many?



Leaving 50,000 Troops in Iraq Is No "Withdrawal"

Ghost of LBJ drags Obama into the swamp

February 27, 2009

“…if President Obama continues on the course he’s charted, his hopes are guaranteed to founder on the shoals of war. This way lies disaster.”



Statement on Crisis in Gaza

January 7, 2009

We note with great sadness the unspeakable suffering which builds by the hour in Gaza. We support the call for an end to the violence while noting that the Security Council’s inability to take effective actions to uphold the UN Charter, its own previously adopted resolutions and international law is due in great part due to the objections of the U.S.



A Few Days in Hyde Park, a Lifetime in the Empire

January 5, 2009

Standing three blocks from the home of the next president of the United States the day he leaves for a new home in Washington, D.C., well you can’t help but observe certain things.



Camp Hope: For the Health of All

January 3, 2009

The white-haired physician paused for a moment and added, “Well I can tell you as someone who has practiced medicine for decades, Americans may have experience with employment-related health benefits but it’s been far from a happy experience.”