Farewell, Afghanistan
LIKE A DISTANT light at the end of an excruciatingly long tunnel, the prospect of American withdrawal from Afghanistan now seems to glimmer ahead. Several rounds of negotiation in Russia, Qatar, and elsewhere have produced the outlines of an agreement. Details are unknown, but by all accounts, the accord will be based around a simple […]
Yes, conditions in Venezuela are bad. No, we shouldn’t intervene.
Things are going badly in a Latin American country, but don’t worry — the United States wants to help. That news has been scaring Latin Americans for generations. Now, as the United States escalates its confrontation with Venezuela, it is once again flashing through the hemisphere. Few Americans could find Venezuela on a map. Suddenly […]
Keeping our Middle East rivals poor, weak, and divided does not serve our interests
Winter is rolling into Syria, but many families have no oil or gas to heat their homes. American sanctions prevent almost all trade, including petroleum shipments. They are part of our campaign to inflict pain on Middle Easterners who live under governments we dislike. A recent Treasury Department notice asserts that the United States is determined […]
My Nobel Peace Prize nomination
Turkey’s ‘anti-Erdogan’ Deserves Nobel Peace Prize. Recognizing Osman Kavala would buoy free thinkers jailed in once-democratic countries sliding toward tyranny.
When scaring the regime runs in the family
FORTY-ONE YEARS AGO this week, the leading opposition journalist in Nicaragua was assassinated. Today, with that Central American nation under a new dictatorship, his son has assumed his role. Their two-generation story is woven into Nicaraguan life, and is almost unique in the history of journalism. It also chillingly exemplifies the dangers that have always faced […]
