"Standing on a platform in the central traffic circle of the West Bank city of Ramallah, a number of speakers urged a crowd of roughly 300 to continue the Palestinian intifada that completed its third year on September 28, 2003."

"Justice Breyer, in defending Israel’s arbitrary practice of barring defendants from choosing a lawyer, whom the Israelis suspect might carry “terror instructions” from behind bars, made this dubious statement, “Maybe to have a lawyer not of your choice (is better) than none at all.” In light of the Sixth Amendment’s right of a defendant to the “assistant of counsel for his defense,” in a criminal case, of his or her own choosing, Breyer’s view on this important constitutional issue is truly appalling."

"...Secular Arafat and religious Hamas do not even like each other, and they never have. It's been a delicate balancing act to prevent civil war but Hamas is hardly in Arafat's circle of advisors."

"Will the Democrats be able to organize their own recall before the next election?"

"...as the Bush administration has been fervently fighting “terrorism,” Israel has been remarkably effective in drawing non-existent parallels that serve Zionist purposes."

"With an election in 2004, the danger exists that the White House’s attempt at damage control could inadvertently turn into damage escalation."

:: Poetry ::

"The day is coming when nations may determine that the U.S. and Israel are threats to their own security.."