News from around the world?

by Michael Ackley -- Editor's note: Michael Ackley's columns include satire and parody based on current events, and thus mix fact with fiction. Informed readers should be able to tell which is more…

Impertinence for peace

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There goes the neighborhood ...

by Michael Ackley -- Anybody who has worked in the communications media for any length of time grasps the truth of Lord Acton's famous axiom that "power tends to corrupt." The lowliest more…

Bill Clinton, U.N. secretary general?

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Secret court's No. 1 question

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Anti-war fallback position

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Out of the mouths of boobs

by Michael Ackley -- It is far too early for us to select the Stupid Quote of the Year, but January has produced some marvelous statements that should hold their own against more…

Schmoozing with the Freelance Diplomats

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Making whoopee

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