http://dir.salon.com/topics/ian_williams/?source=rss&aim=ian_williams en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT By Ian Williams Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/08/02/bolton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/08/02/bolton/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/02/rum/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/02/rum/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/06/01/nuclear_nonproliferation_treaty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/06/01/nuclear_nonproliferation_treaty/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/2005/05/13/bolton_un/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/2005/05/13/bolton_un/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/03/26/un_reforms/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/03/26/un_reforms/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/03/09/bolton_un/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/03/09/bolton_un/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/24/sideline/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/24/sideline/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/14/un/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/14/un/index.html?source=rss The president's speech left the world governing body little choice but to get tough on Saddam. By Ian Williams Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/interview/2002/07/26/mary_robinson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/interview/2002/07/26/mary_robinson/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/05/10/bolton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/05/10/bolton/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/05/02/jenin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/05/02/jenin/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/08/23/helms/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/08/23/helms/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/07/27/kooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/07/27/kooks/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/05/08/human_rights/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/05/08/human_rights/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/08/un/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/08/un/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/16/icc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/16/icc/index.html?source=rss U.S. diplomats are wrecking the chance to bring future Saddam Husseins to justice -- all for the sake of domestic politics. Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/19/elian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/19/elian/index.html?source=rss Fighting for Elian Plus: In Alan Greenspan we trust; medical museum story needs checkup. By Ian Williams Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/17/greenspan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/17/greenspan/index.html?source=rss His paranoia about inflation helped send world markets into free fall last week. By Ian Williams Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/03/21/king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/03/21/king/index.html?source=rss The bestselling novelist wasn't, it turns out, the man he claimed to be. Letters to the editor Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/01/13/conason/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/01/13/conason/index.html?source=rss 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? By Ian Williams Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/obit/2000/01/13/o_brian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/obit/2000/01/13/o_brian/index.html?source=rss The author of the wildly popular 18th century seagoing saga created, out of his own life, a fiction nearly as elaborate. By Ian Williams Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/01/10/greenspan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/01/10/greenspan/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/12/21/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/12/21/iraq/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/12/17/kosovo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/12/17/kosovo/index.html?source=rss In her unbelievable defense of the Serbs, the syndicated columnist condones the massacre of innocent civilians by the Serbs. Letters to the Editor Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/11/19/oprah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/11/19/oprah/index.html?source=rss Readers debate: Is Oprah good for books? Plus: Stop dissing "chick flicks"; why did A.M. Rosenthal save his scorn for black hatemongers?