by Dave McGill
Apparently, six months of peaceful coexistence was enough for Israel.  As it did in June of 2006, just before its war with Lebanon, it recently decided to bring increased pressure to bear on the 1,500,000 beleaguered citizens of Gaza. Up until this weekend, the incidents had been considerably milder than heretofore, primarily involving the denial [...]

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by Dave McGill
Midst the holiday season, there’s just good news to report and, as a matter of fact, that could well be called a contrary viewpoint these days.
If you look hard enough, though, you’ll find it and you’ll even see that a few of the clouds have silver linings. Take the cost of gasoline, for [...]

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by Dave McGill
After the arrest of 24 Iraqi police and Defense Ministry officials on a charge of aiding terrorists and a suggestion of a possible coup attempt, most of the detainees have now been released. The only clear fact surfacing out of the incident, is the extent of the political differences that exists among the [...]

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by Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers
Psychiatrists will attest that it is during emotional depression that great strides can be made in radical alteration of behavior and philosophy. Trauma, in other words, can be a great teacher. Everything is stirred-up, topsy-turvy, and thus can rise to the surface and become manifest and workable. In such a [...]

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by Dave McGill
Even before President Bush’s meeting today with Prime Minister Maliki in Baghdad, to mark the signing of the security agreement, the commander of U.S. forces there had already backed away from one of the pact’s principle stipulations.

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