No year that saw a 778-point single-day stock market drop, the price of oil fluctuate by more than $100 a barrel and the death of Irvine Robbins - the inventor of Jamoca Almond Fudge ice cream - can be called good. But the election of Barack Obama as president made 2008 important. ...more

January 4, 2009

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program - a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium - reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans. ...more

July 6, 2008

This is in response to the small boats and saber rattling letter. No rational person believes that Iran would give up support for Hamas, Islamic Jihad, disarm Hezbollah, agree to a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians plus open their nuclear program to international inspection solely by virtue of diplomacy. To think otherwise is being deceived. ...more

July 5, 2008

The United States lost a long battle Monday when Russia delivered nuclear fuel to an Iranian power plant that is at the center of an international dispute over its nuclear program. Iran confirmed plans build a second such plant. ...more

December 18, 2007