When I was growing up, I used to hear a saying that went something like this: "California is a like box of cereal - what ain't fruits and nuts are flakes." Now, I don't know if that's true in regard to California, but it most...

President Jacques Chirac honored nearly 2,800 French people who rescued Jews from the Nazis, in a ceremony at the Pantheon in central Paris on Thursday.Chirac paid tribute to members of a group, known as the "Righteous of France," who risked their own lives to help...

Ha'aretz today, NYU Professor Tony Judt argues that the publication of the now-famous essay on the Israel lobby may signal a real change in American foreign policy, away from our "umbilical" relationship to Israel. The fact is that the disastrous Iraq invasion and its aftermath...

Conservatives and reformists are openly challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hard-line nuclear diplomacy _ an unusual agreement across Iran's political spectrum, with many saying his provokative remarks have increasingly isolated their country.The criticism comes after the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously last month to impose sanctions...

Describes the political spectrum during the era of the American Revolution. Considers the political beliefs of conservatives, radicals, liberals and moderates.