LATEST BLOG POSTS

• Comment of the Day: Inside Lebanon

  July 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Reader Joe Cherabie writes: I'm currently in Lebanon and I can tell you that these past events have taken a toll on everone here. Us lebanese are very proud peop... | More »

• Community Post: Lebanon

  July 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Please share your thoughts on the Mid-East crisis The scene in Israel. | More »

• Lebanon: Saniora Rebukes U.S.

  July 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  With 300 Lebanese dead, 500,000 refugees, and the nation's infrastructure increasingly in rubble, Lebanese prime minister Fuad Saniora lashed out at the U.S. and ... | More »

• The Odd Couple: Iran and Syria

  July 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Writing at Slate, Daniel Byman offers an exceptional analysis explaining the odd collaboration between the secular, Baathist regime in Demascus and the revolutionary, ... | More »

• YouTube Theater: Bush Slurring Slowly

  July 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  "I think you'd probably say,'There he goes again.'" | More »

• List of the Day: Best Concept Albums

  July 18, 3:48 PM ET

  So, the other day we came across this cool little list the Onion did on "12 Delightfully Odd Concept Albums." Reading such a carefully compiled, artfully thought-out... | More »

• U.N.: More Than 3,000 Iraqi Civilians Died in June

  July 18, 3:23 PM ET

  It is the highest rate of deaths for civilians — an average of more than 100 a day — since the fall of Baghdad. | More »

• Lebanon Evacuation: Assault Ships vs. Cruise Ships

  July 18, 2:59 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  The Brits are taking the saftey of their 20,000 citizens in Lebanon seriously, calling in warships for the "biggest evacuation since Dunkirk." The U.S. response to dat... | More »

• Bush's Obstruction of'Justice'

  July 18, 2:30 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  BREAKING: Bush blocked the Justice Department from investigating the NSA's warrantless wiretaps: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that President Bus... | More »

• Olmert: Syria/Iran an "Axis of Evil"

  July 18, 12:39 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  In his speech to the Knesset yesterday, Israeli P.M. Ehud Olmert echoed American War-On-Terror rhetoric. The campaign we are engaged in these days is against the ter... | More »

• Israel/Hezbollah Blow-By-Blow

  July 17, 7:15 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  If you're eager to keep abreast of the latest developments in Lebanon, the Wall Street Journal is now running a Middle East News Tracker. Definitely worth a click. | More »

• Indonesia: Still More Bad News

  July 17, 2:25 PM ET

  The waves in 2004, rumblings last month from a volcano, a possible case of human-to-human bird flu transmission — and now...another tsunami. It was never gonna be ea... | More »

• Mid-East Crisis: Send in Bill Clinton

  July 17, 12:23 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  While Bush founders on the sidelines, I can't help but feel that only his predecessor has the deftness of touch and the wellspring of international goodwill to de... | More »

• Gingrich: The WWIII President?

  July 17, 12:14 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  George W. Bush took plenty of guff for declaring himself the'war president.' Now former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wants to up the ante. The 2008 president... | More »