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Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
Washington Post Gets it Right on Torture
Yesterday's Washington Post editorial, "Right on Torture" was Right on Point! On the subject of U.S. torture and interrogation policy, the Dems...
Bolton Supported the Law of the Sea Before He Opposed It
It turns out that John Bolton's recent lobbying against the Law of the Sea represents a major flip-flop. I've known about this...
Blaming China and Russia not enough
The Washington Post has been a supporter of the Burmese people for years and what they have to say on the current...
Lugar Calls Out Right-Wing Hypocrites
Some of the leading opponents of the Law of the Sea have, ironically, feel very strongly that we should trust the judgments...
Bolton Lobbying Against Law of the Sea
I've just learned that John Bolton is meeting with conservative senators, urging them to oppose the Law of the Sea. A Senate...
It’s Time For Progressives to Support the Law of the Sea
U.N. basher John Bolton has supposedly been talking to the very conserative Senate Republican Steering Group, a shadowy entity that does not...
The Dog(s) That Didn’t Bark
I'm not there, but my guess is that President Bush's speech to the U.N. General Assembly this morning was met by a...
Mahmoud, Lee, and The American President
The Washington Times, too many presidential candidates, and far too many bloggers (to even hyperlink one) were less than supportive of Iranian...
Rebecca Roe: Up Close and Personal at the ICC
I stumbled across this op-ed by lawyer Rebecca Roe in the Seattle Times earlier this week, and thought some of you might...
CAP: Congress and the (more engaged) U.N.
Last week, the Center for American Progress (CAP) released Congress and the United Nations: How to a Build a Better Relationship and...
What do you think President Bush should say at the U.N.?
President Bush is scheduled to make his annual address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 25, 2007. Even without...