Most of the websites that I look at, the ones that largely share my political perspective, have been strangely silent over the last couple of days regarding recent developments in the Middle East — especially…

(This was submitted as a Letter to the Editor to The Independent, which did not see fit to publish it.) Johann Hari says he knows the real reasons behind Israel’s incursions into Gaza these past…

The death of Iraqi Al-Qaeda boss Abu Musab al-Zarqawi led the BBC website to solicit comments from readers. And invited readers to vote on their favourite comments. Normally, you’d expect something along the lines of…

The decisions by major unions in the UK and Canada yesterday to promote peace in the Middle East by encouraging boycotts have come in for a lot of criticism. But I want to understand the…