Past presidents could shed light on Randel’s successor

by George Anesi

The announcement of the 13th president of the University of Chicago may be around the corner, prompting theories about who could make the short list. The 11 members of the Board of Trustees and th...

It has truly been an honor

by George Anesi

It is always difficult to sum up in a few hundred words what an important experience has meant to you, especially when that experience has been something you have been so invested in for so long. I...

Second-term advice for the returning president

by George Anesi

Dear President Bush: Congratulations. You now bear the responsibility of a second-term president. This means you are responsible for both the future of our country, and are also accountable for th...

The Gaza pullout plan: Another opportunity for the Palestinians

by George Anesi

It's right up there with the U.N. Partition Plan of 1947 and Ehud Barak's offer at Camp David in 1998—that is, it's another golden opportunity for the Palestinians to get what they say they've alwa...

Are all Bush-Bashers Democrats?

by George Anesi

Unlike most New Yorkers, I didn't hightail it to the Hamptons for the week that by chance contained the Republican National Convention, the beginning of the U.S. Open, and NYU move-in day. I decide...

Meet Janet Rowley, legendary researcher and hero to biophiles everywhere

by George Anesi

Dr. Janet D. Rowley, the Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago, is a member of President George W. Bush's Co...

America is winning the war on terror

by George Anesi

This past week, the New York Times reported its account of a 17-page memo sent by terrorist mastermind Musab al-Zaqwari to other Al Qaeda operatives. If genuine, the memo is the most comprehensive ...

The great American security debate

by George Anesi

America is on the verge of a great security debate. The 9/11 commission's preliminary findings and the recent David Kay report on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have raised significant questio...

Inspectors will find WMD in Iraq

by George Anesi

Those who read my columns last year know that I was an outspoken supporter of the war in Iraq. It was not a stance that I came to lightly, nor one that I refused to re-evaluate every so often. Rece...

Palestinian priorities must change

by George Anesi

In negotiating and peace-making, compromise is necessary. In history, there has been no successful or sustainable peace agreement in which one side was forced to give up nothing and yet received ev...

Antiwar and anti-Semitic?

by George Anesi

For those who have read this column before, it is no secret that the anti-war movement and I disagree on many issues. However, one issue that we should agree on is support for Israel. But we don't....

Israeli-Palestinian peace?

by George Anesi

The past few days have been witness to some interesting developments in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. After much negotiation within the Palestinian government, Mahmoud Abbas (Ab...

The time bomb of Saudi Arabia

by George Anesi

Although I am a Democrat, I have been a staunch supporter of the Bush administration?s foreign policy since September 11, 2001. I supported the campaign in Afghanistan, the 14-month ?rush to war? w...

Changes on the global level

by George Anesi

The world is changing. Perhaps September 11 prompted this transformation, or maybe that day just put it in better light. It doesn't really matter. Either way, these changes have arrived, and as the...

U.N. risks its own irrelevance

by George Anesi

Secretary of State Colin Powell just laid down the latest and perhaps most convincing case to date for going to war with Iraq. The war to disarm Iraq is necessary, since Iraq has refused to disarm ...

Democracy's disadvantage

by George Anesi

The current conflict brewing between the West and the Arab World terrifies me. I said in a previous article that this war, whether fought diplomatically, militarily, or by a combination of the two,...

Worldwide human rights

by George Anesi

Ever since America declared a war on terrorism, it has found itself face-to-face with an Arab world containing a rapidly rising level of anti-American sentiment. America is looked upon as an aggres...

Reflecting on the Mideast

by George Anesi

In any serious and long-lasting conflict, it is sometimes necessary to take a step back. The goal of doing so is to remove the tunnel-vision effect that tends to plague both participants and observ...

Before a Palestinian state

by George Anesi

Many, including members of the Bush Administration, are favoring what has been called a "two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This implies that the end goal should be two states...

Preempt problems in Iraq

by George Anesi

Anyone who is entirely against war with Iraq must not have known anyone in the air or on the ground in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001. Those who knew someone who perished that fatefu...

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