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William Fisher: Your Tax Dollars At Work
Monday, 2 May 2005, 10:33 am | William Fisher
It's truly comforting to know that, even in the grip of post-9/11 paranoia, the G-men of the FBI are still using their resources efficiently. If you have any doubts, just ask Steve Kurtz. He is living proof that your tax dollars are hard at work. More >>
William Fisher: More Advice For Karen Hughes
Monday, 18 April 2005, 12:45 am | William Fisher
In March 2003, Dr. John Brown resigned from the U.S. State Department after 20 years as a senior Foreign Service officer, telling then Secretary of State Colin Powell he could not "in good conscience" support President George W. Bush's war plans against ... More >>
William Fisher: Listen Up, Karen Hughes
Friday, 8 April 2005, 12:01 am | William Fisher
As Karen Hughes prepares for her Senate confirmation hearing to be the czarina of America's effort to repair its tarnished image abroad, she would do well to heed the advice of Rami G. Khouri. More >>
William Fisher: Whither Public Diplomacy?
Tuesday, 15 March 2005, 2:23 pm | William Fisher
The expected nomination of one of President Bush’s closest advisors to lead America’s public diplomacy efforts has been met with cautiously hopeful skepticism by some leaders in the U.S. foreign policy community. More >>
William Fisher: Blogging In The Middle East
Tuesday, 15 March 2005, 1:05 pm | William Fisher
In democracies throughout the world, 'blogging' - setting up personal websites, known as weblogs, able to receive comments from readers - has grown exponentially over the past few years. More >>
William Fisher: America's 'Other' War
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 5:41 pm | William Fisher
Civil libertarians say America's 'war on terror' is eroding the constitutional freedoms of ordinary citizens. For example, the USA Patriot Act, hurriedly passed by Congress without debate in the weeks after the attacks of 9/11, gave the government sweeping ... More >>
William Fisher: Coming To A Church Near You
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 5:02 pm | William Fisher
When Al Qaida's Human Resources department brings new folks on board, we can assume 99.9% of them will be radical Islamists. Fine, we expect it. More >>
William Fisher: Is George Bush Listening?
Monday, 14 February 2005, 3:20 pm | William Fisher
Now that President Bush has disgorged himself of his Olympian rhetoric about spreading freedom around the world, perhaps he is now wondering just how he' s going to achieve this noble goal. More >>
William Fisher: What First Amendment?
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 1:45 pm | William Fisher
While authoritarian states in much of the world are routinely jailing journalists and others for expressing their views, a substantial proportion of U.S. high school students believes the government should censor the American press and that the free ... More >>
William Fisher: The Prince Of Wonderland
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 1:58 pm | William Fisher
Having fixed Iraq, Richard Perle is now ready to advise us on Iran. The former Assistant Defense Secretary in the Reagan Administration, and Neocon darling, appeared on a recent Charlie Rose show on PBS, following his nemesis, Seymour Hersh of The New ... More >>
William Fisher: Same Old, Same Old
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 12:37 am | William Fisher
While the Commentariat was scratching its collective head trying to figure out what exactly President Bush meant in his 'spread freedom' Inaugural speech, he did it for us. And the answer appeared to be: ''Nothing''. More >>
William Fisher: Go, Pat, Go!
Monday, 31 January 2005, 11:08 am | William Fisher
Not to worry. Throw out your Farmer's Almanac! Burn Nostradamus! We now have a new source for good news about the world's most dysfunctional region. Our newest Maven of the Middle East is none other than the Rev. Pat Robertson, Star of The 700 Club, ... More >>
William Fisher: David And Goliath
Monday, 24 January 2005, 11:01 am | William Fisher
His name is Clare Callan. He is a feisty 85-year-old former congressman from rural Nebraska. And he is asking the Supreme Court to declare that President Bush had no legal authority to go to war in Iraq. More >>
William Fisher: Cyberspin
Tuesday, 18 January 2005, 11:12 am | William Fisher
It's a pity that all the Bush Administration cabinet-level posts have been filled, because there is at least one undiscovered candidate: The White House Webmaster. More >>
William Fisher: The Moral High Ground?
Monday, 17 January 2005, 11:08 am | William Fisher
Here is a sure-fire nomination for the most outrageous quote of the week: '' Accusations that we are torturing people tend to be mythology.'' More >>
