Uncommon Commentary from Agence Global October 24, 2010

Down-Ballot Power   by John Nichols (The Nation)
Unfortunately for Democrats, who have dominated statehouse politics since 2006, the party’s troubles at the national level extend to the states
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A Common Harvest of Hatred   by Rami G. Khouri
Public opinion in the United States and the Middle East tends more and more these days to disregard the positive foundational values that define most ordinary Americans and Middle Easterners, and focus on loudmouths, ideological exhibitionists and the few extremists that pop up here and there.
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Afghanistan: Does Anyone Want the Burden?   by Immanuel Wallerstein
The next five to ten years is going to be a terrible time economically and politically everywhere. There may be no time or energy to worry about Afghanistan.
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What Is the United States Trying to Do?   by Rami G. Khouri
We shall soon find out if twenty months of procedural advances by the Obama administration will be followed up shortly by substantive advances.
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Ahmadinejad in Lebanon   by Rami G. Khouri
It is understandable why so many people in the region and abroad are making a lot of noise about the Iranian president’s visit to Lebanon. This is a moment of intensity and drama, but probably not one of political innovation or substantive change.
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Unionbusting, Iraqi-Style   by David Bacon (The Nation)
With US approval and privatization the goal, the government is targeting organized labor.
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Tony Blair's Odious Colonial Burden   by Rami G. Khouri
Tony Blair’s story about “Islamic extremism” reminds us precisely why the world rose up in the early and mid-20th Century against European colonialism and racism that denied much of the rest of the world both its political rights and its fundamental humanity.
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