Before America leaves Afghanistan, Washington should pledge at least $1 billion to establish secular schools for boys and girls in Afghanistan.
The big money model for lobbyist success has paved the way for the coalition of MEK front groups to corrupt U.S. Government by funneling millions of dollars from who-knows-where to elected and appointed political figures to turn dark into light.
You must know the story of Joanne King Herring, whether you realize it or not. She is the woman portrayed in the movie Charlie Wilson's War, played by Julia Roberts opposite Tom Hanks.
Globalization is nothing more than a trade war with production looking for a cheaper country in which to produce. Corporate America is the fifth column in this trade war -- it opposes rebuilding our economy.
How do we make the endgame work in Libya? I'm only 15. This is the first time I've had the chance to watch a war unfold as an aware and politically active person.
Introduce arms into Libya now, and we're almost guaranteed that they'll be used against any peace keeping force sent in after current operations end, and Gaddafi is gone. And what then?
Basically, The Other Side Of Zero -- the new album by Elizabeth & The Catapult -- is a commentary on the parallels of Elizabeth Ziman's New York City life and Leonard Cohen's inability to achieve Buddhist ideals.
A closer look at Reaganomics: One could argue that the selling of American businesses to overseas' markets began under Reagan.
Joanne Herring and Charlie Wilson have been celebrated as the heroes of Afghanistan, but the Afghan people see them in a different light. The documentary evidence paints a very different picture.
DALLAS — Charlie Wilson, the fun-loving Texas congressman whose backroom dealmaking funneled millions of dollars in weapons to Afghanistan, allo...
The death of former Representative Charlie Wilson of Texas is the loss of the second legendary member of the House Appropriations Committee in a week,...
I've got an idea for how to change independent film and kick-start the kind of serious attention that video-on-demand seems to require. And it all s...
Charlie Wilson, the former Democratic representative from Texas and the inspiration for the movie (and book) Charlie Wilson's War sat down with the Sc...
The US will spend more on the war in Afghanistan next year than it will in Iraq. So I thought it would be interesting to take another look at Charlie Wilson's War.
Apparently, we Democrats, like the Republicans, believe that in order to get reelected we must keep the war going. More troops? Afghanistan is not worth the life of one more soldier.
Defense is clearly at the sharp end of the Government's ongoing budget cuts. Yet British coffers alone may not be the only reason Brown is willing to stand firm.
The insurgents that the Pakistani and U.S. forces are battling are various fronts of poor, largely uneducated men doing what their ancestors have done for centuries: defending the Pashtun way.
LOS ANGELES — The Canadian reporter known as the "Scud Stud" during the 1991 Gulf War has sued the makers of "Charlie Wilson's War" over footage...
Now more of a movie icon than Washington power broker, former Rep. Charlie Wilson still maintains a key interest in all things political. And when it ...
Salman Rushie came out to support pal Saffron Burrows at the New York premiere of "The Bank Job" and offered his thoughts on the Oscars to the New Yor...
Hanks said corporate bosses should remember that many people, from carpenters to caterers, were suffering as a result of the strike by about 10,500 Wr...
Santa was good to Hollywood over the Christmas holiday, delivering hearty box-office returns more than 34 percent higher than the same weekend last y...
Most of the recent films we've seen about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us what a drag those conflicts are, which may be why so few of us ha...
Watch the trailer for Mike Nichols' new film, "Charlie Wilson's War," starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. ...
