Trudy Rubin’s Worldview column runs on Wednesdays and Sundays. In the past five years she has visited Iraq nine times and has also written from Iran, Pakistan, Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, China and South Korea
- She and McCain even have a pet name: "Maverick."
- Palin advances ticket's theme
- Poll: Has the McCain-Palin campaign become too negative? (390 votes)
The U.S. needs a unifier. McCain and Palin are divisive.
In 1933, at the depth of the Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt reassured a frightened country with these words: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. . . ."
The next president would be wise to retain him at Defense.
In these deeply disturbing times, when the global economy seems out of control, there is a small piece of good news.
- It's the biggest worry for the head of the Joint Chiefs, Adm. Michael Mullen.The most urgent issue facing the next president (beyond the economy) will be how to deal with a remote area along the Afghan-Pakistan border, the new haven for al-Qaeda and radical jihadis.
-
This week's financial implosion has shifted attention away from foreign policy in the presidential contest. Neither candidate has been inspiring in this arena. But we have only two choices. So who can best dig America out from the mess President Bush's foreign policy has made?
-
CommentaryWorldview: Where was McCain's leadership?
-
John McCain is clearly more comfortable talking about the Iraq surge than about the economy, but the current economic meltdown is more urgent than the situation in Baghdad.
-
The mounting financial crisis isn't just going to hurt our pocketbooks, job prospects and retirement funds. This mess - and how it gets worked out - will also have a powerful impact on America's ability to exert leadership abroad.
-
As the presidential candidates bone up for their foreign-policy debate Friday, they should study the speeches of Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
- He says the West kicked Russia when it was down.On Thursday, Mikhail Gorbachev received the prestigious Liberty Medal at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center. The former Soviet president was praised for advancing the cause of liberty by introducing reforms that led to the peaceful breakup of the Soviet Union.
-
Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is coming to the United Nations next week. If he holds a news conference, he will, of course, be challenged on Iran's suspect nuclear program and his unrelenting rhetoric about Israel. But here's a question that might get at the Iranian president's vision for his country:
- Palin's war with Russia remark raises the issue.Sarah Palin says we might go to war with Russia over Georgia. I don't really hold her responsible for this astonishing remark. With no foreign-policy experience, the Alaska governor was heavily briefed by McCain staff before her first TV interview last week. Presumably, she was voicing the position of John McCain.
-
Worldview: The problem with terror
- Post 9/11, the conflict is not a war with a single enemy.On the seventh anniversary of Sept. 11, we will once again mourn; politicians will intone about fighting the war on terrorism. Some will even talk about World War IV.
-
As we approach the seventh anniversary of 9/11, many Americans may be confused about the nature of the current terrorist threat.
MORE STORIES
Peter Bergen | Richard A. Clarke
Kenneth Pollack | Bruce Riedel
This project was done in cooperation with The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
- Top Jobs
- Top Homes
- Top Cars
|
Roxborough $215,000 442 Ripka St |
Byberry $119,000 12135 Academy Rd #24 |
Philly.com Promotions
- Books
- Movies
- Page Reprints
- Photo Licensing
- Photos
Buy Inquirer, Daily News & Philly merchandise here including:
Ticket Offers
- News | What's Happening | Sports | Restaurants & Food | Arts & Entertainment | Living | Green | Business | Video | Opinion
Site Services:
Classifieds:
- Jobs | Cars | Real Estate | Rentals | Marketplace | Celebrations
Partners: