Instead of aggravating allies over century-old events (which were criticized by leading Americans at the time) Congress should be doing something about human rights violations that are happening right now. You know, like President Bush is doing.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will announce further sanctions against Myanmar's ( Read more... )

All nations are presumed to be equal in all things.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Libya, Vietnam and Burkina Faso were elected to nonpermanent seats on the United Nations Security Council for the years 2008-09 on Tuesday.
So you have nations with questionable human rights records (Libya and Vietnam for those of you voting Democrat) getting seats on the ( Read more... )

Some people have been tossing around the idea of organizing a boycott of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing ( Read more... )

Talk about ungrateful!
One of Cuba's longest-serving political prisoners, Francisco Chaviano, was released Friday on ''conditional freedom'' after serving 13 years in prison -- and immediately blasted prison conditions on the island ( Read more... )