... no sign of closing and that is at least as fundamental as these: Call it the candor gap, and until Chinese society can learn to get over its seemingly allergic aversion to conflicting views, to the airing of controversy, and to unsparing exercises in truth-telling, it is hard to imagine this country truly fulfilling its potential. International Herald Tribune Copyright www.iht.com

..., different, from its root up, from any love he could hope to find again--a love that asked absolutely nothing for itself, not even the right to live, and yet would give its all unquestioningly, unsparingly It is not a toy to be thrown away lightly, and Stanhope realised this "The blue spaces are cold and empty, Merla," he said, suddenly catching her to his breast "You must come with me"...

... we published here his trenchant and influential essay on "the war on terror". Kathy has written powerfully on our website on the topic of Palestine. Specifically on the Lobby they contributed an unsparing essay on the topic of "dual loyalty" which can bed found in our CounterPunch collection, The Politics of Anti-Semitism. In mid May they sent us the detailed, measured commentary, ...

... of these voters, who became known as the religious right, contributed, perhaps decisively, to the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. Ever since, the leaders of the religious right have been unsparing in their pronouncements on everything from abortion and welfare reform to Mideast policy and homosexuality. But on the defining moral issues of our day, the war in Iraq and the Bush ...