The Debridement of Gaza

Daniel_Perez

For those of you who might have missed it, there’s some good news from Washington on the Gaza front: It seems the Obama administration is willing to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

How Does Israel End Up the Bad Guy?

Shoshana Bryen

It is a terrible irony that Israel, revolted first by the murder of three of its teenage citizens and then by the revenge attack on a Palestinian teen, is the object of riots, bombs, and demands.

Fractured States

Western diplomacy lags behind reality on the ground in the ‘former’ Iraq and Syria.

Celebrating July 4th – The Real Way

On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation, and thus bringing into fruition the country that we now call the United States.