No one should have been surprised that Russia committed its military to the task of saving its ally in Syria from defeat.And no one should now be surprised if Saudi Arabia steps up its support for the Syrian opposition or if the opposition attacks Russian forces in Syria.From the

The Oslo Accords and the attendant peace process came into the world with a bang 22 years ago.

I was privileged to have been in attendance at many of Pope Francis’ events in Washington this past week. What came through so very clearly is that Francis is an American pope with a profoundly American message.For two days, he held Washington captive.

Having lived in Washington for almost four decades, I thought I was beyond becoming outraged by politicians who make bizarre claims that distort history and/or logic.This week’s Republican debate, however, featured a number of whoppers that left my blood boiling.Unfortunately, th

It was not that long ago that pundits had the 2016 presidential contest pegged as a Clinton-Bush matchup.

For the past several weeks, considerable attention was paid to the number of Democratic senators announcing their support for the Iran deal.

It was a stroke of genius that Lebanon’s young protesters named their movement “You stink.” In just two words, they captured both the essence of their country’s immediate crisis over uncollected garbage and its longer-term structural problems.For months now, trash has been piling

When Julian Bond died last week, every major news outlet featured tributes praising his more than five decades of leadership in the struggle for civil rights.He was all the things that were said about him.

No American citizen should be subjected to the treatment that George Khoury and Habib Joudeh received when they arrived at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel last month.George is a 70-year-old Palestinian American from San Francisco. Habib, 62, from Brooklyn, is also an American c