Tag: Politics

Is George W. Bush the Worst President in U.S. History? September 15, 2008Ivan Eland In the twilight of his eight-year term, George W. Bush is the loneliest guy in town these […]

A President Needs Good Judgment Rather than Experience September 8, 2008Ivan Eland In her “I’m just a hockey mom” speech at the Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin—who has rapidly rocketed from […]

Ireland’s “No” June 18, 2008Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—European governments are aghast at the decision by Irish voters to reject the Treaty of Lisbon, the new attempt—three years after the collapse […]

Forty Years On June 4, 2008Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—In recent weeks, France has been swamped with events commemorating the student uprising of May 1968—which actually started in March and finished […]

Chavez’s Chums May 28, 2008Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—It is fortunate that the narco-guerrillas known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have a weakness for the written word. Without […]

Myanmar’s Real Cyclone by Alvaro Vargas Llosa  WASHINGTON — Myanmar has given us one of the most admirable women alive, Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, and the world’s […]

Whither Lugo? by Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON — The victory of Fernando Lugo, a left-wing former Catholic bishop, in Paraguay’s presidential election is being interpreted as confirmation of the continentwide […]

Reprinted by permission of Ray Abernathy.  Ray's website is available at: http://www.rayabernathy.com Okay, okay, okay. It’s time for another confession: My son-in-law Dick is a Republican. No really, a Republican. […]

Executive or Imperial Branch? by Ivan Eland More memos recently have surfaced that were written early in the Bush administration by John C. Yoo from the Justice Department's Office of […]

Zimbabwe’s Monster by Alvaro Vargas Llosa  WASHINGTON—Robert Mugabe’s defeat in the recent elections in Zimbabwe is the beginning of the end for that country’s octogenarian tyrant. Although the government claims […]