Cynthia McKinney was the first woman to be elected to represent a congressional district in Georgia. She was first elected as a member of the U.S. Congress in 1993 and she served 10 years. She was defeated when she started to question America's blind obedience to Israel's selfish, self-centered policies...

As long as Western politicians, especially those in the United States, view Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other tyrants as opportunities for local political gain, the dictators will continue to oppress.

Here in the United States, the news media is leading the charge, clawing itself past even the traditional conservative...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pretends that he is a peace-maker but deep down in his heart, he is driven by a hatred of Palestinians and will do anything to prevent the creation of a Palestinian State. Rather than support a "Road Map for Peace," Netanyahu's entire political existence has...

It was disclosed this week that the city's pension funds invested $68 million in a real estate development company run by Allison Davis, a former partner with convicted fundraiser and realtor Antoin "Tony" Rezko, and Robert Vanecko.

Rezko's name stands out, of course. But Vanecko might not unless you...

As the smoke clears in Lebanon's sectarian elections, and the two major factions appear to be where they began, the real winner may in fact be President Barack Obama. Did his speech last week to the Arab World impact Lebanon's election results?

In fact, only one seat changed hands between...

Much is being made of President Barack Obama's speech Thursday morning (CST) to the "Muslim World." The speech was inspiring. I listened to Obama as his speech was broadcast by an Arab television station and also to the reaction of Arabs throughout the Middle East.

I subscribe to the...

By just going to Cairo University to give a "speech to the Muslim World," Barack Obama is doing something that his predecessors never really understood.

The Arab World and the Muslim World do not hate Americans nor do they hate the West. They are angry about some policies. Some fanatics...

It was late on a Friday afternoon before the Memorial Day weekend in 1979 and we were all sitting around in the City Hall press room when word came down that a plane had crashed at O'Hare Airport.

I don't know why, except that maybe we were starting to get...

When I was a child, Palestine was a simple concept of fairness and justice. Today, things are not so simple.

I'd listen as my dad and his brothers railed against the injustices committed by the Israelis, who were celebrated in the mainstream American press with heroic status. My dad and...

A few months back, my wife said she got a solicitation from JP Morgan Chase, the big-shot banking monolith offering a 3.99 percent interest rate if she would simply move over to them debt from another card.

Everyone has credit card debt and the promise of lower interest rates is...

The conservative fanatics, the haters and the racists in many corners of American society are making much of the fact that when he visited the King of Saudi Arabia recently, President Barack Obama bowed during the greeting.

Adding to the controversy, Obama's top aides, who seem more sensitive to the...

State Sen. Chris Lauzen is in a fight, unbelievably, to give Republican voters the right to directly pick their own leaders on the party's "Board of Directors," the State Central Committee.

I say unbelievably because the biggest foes of changing the existing law which allows Republican committeemen in the...

In a surprise move, the U.S. Justice Department withdrew its 10-count major frauds charge against Jeff Mazon and instead accepted a misdemeanor plea agreement.

Mazon, a former contract manager for the scandal-plagued Halliburton and its spin-off counterpart KBR, had been accused of rigging a contract bid allegedly in exchange for...

It's still too early to enjoy an outdoor barbecue but it is never too early to hope for great weather.

I bought new steel burners for the inside of the barbecue. And I decided to buy a push-button igniter to light the new burners.

Barbecues always work great...

Jackie Mason isn't a comedian. He's a schmuck!

I can say that as a Palestinian because my wife is Jewish and also because at one time a few years back, I was on the vicious attack-end of Mason's grab for glory. But Mason seems to think that it is okay...

Can we suburbanite taxpayers afford to sit back and do nothing?

We are facing a tsunami of tax increases from Chicago, Cook County, and the State of Illinois. At a time when we, the taxpayers, have to tighten our belts to make ends meet -- cutting back on family travel,...

When I read about Mayor Daley detailing to Mohammad Bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, all the things he has done to help Arabs living in Chicago, I thought this a good time to ask for more.

In truth, Daley has done much to help Arabs of Chicago,...

When Bridges TV first launched in 2004, there was great hope that it would do two things: The first was to open the door to understanding the in the mainstream American community, and second, to help the Arab and Muslim community rise above its own internal divisiveness that many note...

Every child needs a role model. For the most part, role models come from all walks of life, but the most important are those role models we see in Hollywood movies. And not just any role models. We look for "our own."

By that, I mean, Irish kids looked...

When you are faced with criminal charges, most of the time, you don't want to launch a massive publicity campaign to respond. That's because usually, criminal charges are filed according to the rule of law and a person is Innocent until proven guilty.

But apparently in Illinois, few seem to...