Israel
Palestinian civil war casts shadow over peace process
Until now it is unclear whether Obama and his advisers will address the internecine Palestinian conflict as a key component in their Middle East foreign policy. If they fail to confront this critical issue, we risk engaging in yet another failed round of diplomacy. And as we

















Typical Times. Before we allow ourselves to be lulled by the prose, let’s remember that the investigation of the potential pregnancy of a candidate’s DAUGHTER is a so far down the list of requirements of an administrative and executive officeholder, a leader, and a candidate that it is silly to conceive a process that would qualify any human being for any office. It belongs on a 7,000-question form, not a 70-question form. There is more likelihood that Jayson Blair affirmed to the New York Times that he was not personally a cocaine user than that a given candidate or parent can vouch for the entirely proper behavior of their children. What does the Times advocate, ankle bracelets to track the candidates and their families? Lewinsky-cams in the Oval Office?