Ian Williams

  • Bully for you

    With Capitol Hill freshly vacated, Bush installed U.N.-hating John Bolton as ambassador to the U.N. If Democrats really were partisan hacks, they'd rejoice that the president chose this incompetent ideologue to sell his foreign policies.
    By Ian Williams August 2, 2005

  • The spirits of 1776

    You thought it was all about tea? Nope, the American Revolution started because the colonists were desperate for rum. Yo ho ho!
    By Ian Williams July 2, 2005

  • The nuclear bully

    The Bush administration tried and failed to strong-arm the rest of the world on nukes. As a result, the chances of runaway proliferation are higher than they've been in decades.
    By Ian Williams June 1, 2005

  • The good news about Bolton

    Even if he's ultimately confirmed, those who spoke out against him have signaled to the world that he doesn't represent all Americans -- and ensured he won't wield a big stick.
    By Ian Williams May 13, 2005

  • Reinventing "we the peoples"

    Kofi Annan proposes the first major reforms of the U.N. since it was created 60 years ago, and he knows they won't please everyone.
    By Ian Williams March 26, 2005

  • Global gorilla

    Bush's jaw-dropping nomination of John Bolton as ambassador to the U.N. is a slap in the world's face.
    By Ian Williams March 9, 2005

  • Bush to Arab world: Drop dead

    Driven by right-wing ideologues and his own zeal, President Bush has taken Ariel Sharon's side in the Middle East even while plotting a war with Iraq. Foreign policy experts say that's a dangerous combination.
    By Ian Williams September 24, 2002

  • Suddenly, the U.N. backs Bush

    The president's speech left the world governing body little choice but to get tough on Saddam.
    By Ian Williams September 14, 2002

  • Mary Robinson

    The outgoing U.N. high commissioner for human rights talks about running afoul of the Bush administration over Israel and the Palestinians, ending the "cycle of impunity" and standing up to bullies.
    By Ian Williams July 26, 2002

  • Bush's hatchet man in the State Department

    While Colin Powell tries to present a kinder, gentler America to the world, his hard-line underling John Bolton is pushing an America-über-alles doctrine -- and winning.
    By Ian Williams May 10, 2002

  • Bush: Sharon's lapdog

    The president's conniving in Israel's disgraceful refusal to allow the U.N. to investigate Jenin has brought the rage and contempt of the rest of the world down on both countries.
    By Ian Williams May 2, 2002

  • Goodbye, Senator Know-nothing

    Jesse Helms trashed the U.N. and drove our allies nuts. And the Bush team will keep his go-it-alone ideology alive even after he leaves office.
    By Ian Williams August 23, 2001

  • Kooks 'R' U.S.

    By going its own way on biological weapons, Kyoto, missile defense and a growing list of global issues, the Bush administration is turning the United States into a pariah.
    By Ian Williams July 27, 2001

  • The ugly Americans

    Don't blame it all on Bush -- the world's grievances against the U.S. have been stewing for a long time
    By Ian Williams May 8, 2001

  • The U.N.'s millennium bash

    President Clinton shakes Fidel Castro's hand and sits in on a speech by Iran's president at the organization's P.R. bonanza.
    By Ian Williams September 8, 2000

  • Immune from prosecution

    U.S. diplomats are wrecking the chance to bring future Saddam Husseins to justice -- all for the sake of domestic politics.
    By Ian Williams June 16, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    Fighting for Elian Plus: In Alan Greenspan we trust; medical museum story needs checkup.
    April 19, 2000

  • Alan Greenspan's nightmare

    His paranoia about inflation helped send world markets into free fall last week.
    By Ian Williams April 17, 2000

  • "Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed" by Dean King

    The bestselling novelist wasn't, it turns out, the man he claimed to be.
    By Ian Williams March 21, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    Is Joe Conason a bigot about the religious right? Plus: Sigourney and Sandra and other absolutely fabulous divas Damien Cave missed; David Crosby?! Melissa, what were you thinking?
    Letters to the editor January 13, 2000

  • Patrick O'Brian

    The author of the wildly popular 18th century seagoing saga created, out of his own life, a fiction nearly as elaborate.
    By Ian Williams January 13, 2000

  • The talented Mr. Greenspan

    The Federal Reserve chairman has resisted slowing the economy while waiting for his reappointment, but will he put the brakes on now?
    By Ian Williams January 10, 2000

  • A new era for Iraq?

    Saddam Hussein must decide whether to accept the U.N.'s latest arms-inspection deal, which could end sanctions against his country.
    By Ian Williams December 21, 1999

  • Arianna Huffington is dead wrong

    In her unbelievable defense of the Serbs, the syndicated columnist condones the massacre of innocent civilians by the Serbs.
    By Ian Williams December 17, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Readers debate: Is Oprah good for books? Plus: Stop dissing "chick flicks"; why did A.M. Rosenthal save his scorn for black hatemongers?
    Letters to the Editor November 19, 1999
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