Some Order in the Mess

"Sharon’s people say that they don’t give a damn what will happen in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli withdrawal. They are pretending. Behind the scenes, the military and political leadership is planning the installation of a local warlord, who would rule the Strip under Israeli (and therefore also American and Egyptian) protection. Their preferred candidate is Muhammad Dahlan, the former boss of the political police in the Strip."

From Attica to Abu Ghraib — and a Prison Near You

"Journalists should not automatically view events from the perspective of prison management. Yet they routinely do."

To the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States

"...America's war on terrorism should be approached similarly to other social and political disorders, such as the ongoing U.S. war on drugs and drug trafficking."

New WTO Agreement: Crucial Step for Global Trade

"The exporters of Pakistan should realize the need of the hour and work very hard to garb all the potential benefits for recent WTO agreement at Geneva."

Don’t freeze out Bangladesh

"Pakistan needs to make an immediate symbolic gesture for flood relief, it will go a long way if a couple of choppers alongwith relief goods are sent post-haste."