Saddam Is Caught -- Now What?
December 15, 2003 Bush, Iraq Face Plenty of Problems James PinkertonDecember 15, 2003The capture of Saddam Hussein is great news for the cause of international justice. And it's great news for...
View ArticleSyria Might Find a Way to Intrude Into Iraq
December 16, 2003James PinkertonDecember 16, 2003This is not a good time to be a member of the Baath Party. And the Syrians, the last Baathists left in power, know it.The word "baath" means...
View ArticleGolan Heights Symbolize Syrian Frustration
December 17, 2003James PinkertonDecember 17, 2003Land for peace? That phrase is constantly being heard in the Middle East. These days the Israeli government seems willing to part with much of the Gaza...
View ArticleAre We Ready, Able to Be Romans?
December 18, 2003James PinkertonDecember 18, 2003As I write these words, I am looking down at four different currency notes that I collected last week in Syria and Jordan, all printed by their...
View ArticleIs 'Lord of the Rings' the U.S. vs Iraq, Etc.?
December 23, 2003James PinkertonDecember 23, 2003What's the real meaning of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"? The filmmakers' intent may not be clear, but the film's reception is clear...
View ArticleThe Dense Web of Al Qaeda
December 25, 2003Peter BergenDecember 25, 2003What is al Qaeda? It seems, on some levels, a simple question. After all, "al Qaeda" is a term much bandied about by the public, politicians and...
View ArticleBush Should Cool Democracy Sell
December 26, 2003James PinkertonDecember 26, 2003Amman, Jordan -- You know the old saying: don't wish too hard for something, because you might get it. Someone should tell President George W. Bush that...
View ArticleSuburbia Gains an Accent
December 28, 2003Gregory RodriguezDecember 28, 2003When novelist James M. Cain needed a setting for "Mildred Pierce," his 1941 classic about middle-class ambition gone awry, he chose Glendale because...
View ArticleThe Mideast: Lure for Waves of Westerners
December 30, 2003James PinkertonDecember 30, 2003Amman, Jordan -- For two centuries, Westerners have traveled to the Middle East, wave after wave, to study, to transform, to inhabit. Each wave brought...
View ArticleIntel's Tiny Hope for the Future
December 31, 2003 The microprocessor giant is thinking even smaller: tiny sensor chips that network with each other -- Brendan I. KoernerDecember 31, 2003As a department head at the Defense Advanced...
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