Elections and the Specter of Things Unseen
"In the next year, the news will be filled with coverage of the war in Iraq, the nomination of at least one new Supreme Court justice, proposals for tax cuts and any number of other momentous issues that have not been settled by this election. We will need vibrant idealism and political activism as much as ever."
Pakistan continuing its war against its own people in Waziristan
"The anger of the Waziri and Mehsud tribes, as well as of the people of Balochistan, is akin to what the people of erstwhile East Pakistan felt when general Yahya Khan unleashed his army against them in March 1971."
Looking for a partner
"For the last four years former Israeli premier Ehud Barak, Sharon and US president George W. Bush have worked hard to spread the slogan that there is no Palestinian partner to peace."
The intellectual challenge facing the Islamic movement: decolonizing the Muslim mind
"Decolonizing the mind will not be an overnight success, but there are some things anyone can do straight away, once the true nature of the problem is understood."
Toward reengagement
"The plan, which was drafted in Greece and is called the "Athens Plan", is based on the need to transform Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan from a unilateral program that may bring about chaos, humanitarian crisis and domination by Hamas in Gaza, into a bilateral, Israeli-Palestinian plan, supported by the international community."
