Gary Kamiya

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Poetry vs. fear
The Obama-McCain contest will hold up a mirror to America's soul.
Taking back the debate over Israel
Sick of right-wing Jews speaking in their name, progressive American Jews have launched J Street to change the way the game is played in Washington.
Life, death and spring
April in the Sierra foothills is the cruelest month -- and the most beautiful.
Iraq: The ten commandments
In honor of Charlton Heston, here are 10 lessons we should engrave on our foreign policy tablets as we prepare to leave Iraq.
Through a bong, darkly
A new book argues that the '60s counterculture achieved nothing of lasting importance. So why does the era continue to fascinate us?
The Iran boogeyman is back
Gen. Petraeus is reportedly going to blame Iran for why we need to stay in Iraq. If he does, it'll be destructive propaganda.
Is the Internet eroding America's Puritanism -- or making it worse?
Beneath the gawking, the online reaction to the Spitzer and Paterson revelations shows that Americans are wary of passing judgment on private sins.
Rev. Jeremiah Wright isn't the problem
The hysteria over Obama's former pastor's attacks on America shows we're still in thrall to knee-jerk patriotism.
Writing through the rubble
While clouds of destruction hang over Iraq, a set of new books sheds light on how America bungled the war, and on the hope that lingers in small Iraqi towns.
Of war and cancer
Five years after Bush invaded Iraq, anti-Americanism has metastasized. But we can still beat it.
How the U.S. can still save Iraq
It's time for the U.S. to listen to secular Iraqis like Omar Fekeiki, a passionate journalist with a bold and original plan to put Iraq together again.
The cold price of hot blood
A devastating new book reveals that Iraq will cost the U.S. at least $3 trillion. Will Americans check their pocketbooks the next time a president tries to sell them on a cheap, glorious war?
It's OK to vote for Obama because he's black
I'm voting for Obama because he's qualified, charismatic and progressive -- but his blackness seals the deal.
Rock vs. jazz
For just the second time in 50 years, the top award at the Grammys went to a jazz album. Do the two genres have anything to say to each other?
McCain apes Bush on Iraq, as Dems stand passively by
His hard-liner stance should doom McCain with most voters, but unless Democrats put the war back on top of the national agenda, he might get away with it.
Biracial, but not like me
In search of his identity, Barack Obama took the opposite path that I did. But we arrived at the same place -- and I'm voting for him.
Bush's delusions die in Gaza
The mass jailbreak of Gazans into Egypt revealed the bankruptcy of both Israel's policy of collective punishment and Bush's attempt to make Mideast peace.
Dead party walking
The GOP candidates are a feeble group of Bush imitators tied to his disastrous war. And unless the surge turns into a miracle, even front-runner McCain won't beat a Democrat.
The race vs. gender war
The Democratic race is starting to resemble a compulsory oppressed minorities course taught by political consultants. Let's stop squabbling and elect the best nominee.
Obama's double magic
By allowing voters to both vent their anger and overcome it, while embodying the transcendence of America's racial wound, Barack Obama offers not just hope, but alchemy.
Childhood's end
When your children grow up, you have to say goodbye to part of them -- and part of yourself.
Bringing Iran in from the cold
Iran isn't a mad state bent on Israel's destruction but a rational actor that wants a place at the table.
The emperor's new peace plan
Barring a miracle, Bush's Annapolis charade will make matters in the Middle East much worse.
Fantasies in black and white
If even most African-Americans believe the black poor are primarily responsible for their own plight, does that make it true?
Is race dying?
More than a third of black Americans no longer believe that blacks are a single race. This finding has alarmed some -- but it could help America out of its racial mess.
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