Geopolitical analyst John R. Thomson has lived and worked in Arab and other Muslim countries for four decades. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnRThomson http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnRThomson TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:11:17 GMT Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:11:17 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ There was an air of non-expectation surrounding the 38th Annual General Assembly of the Organization of American States held May 31 through June 2 in Medellin, Colombia. The first such gathering for this observer, I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnRThomson/2008/06/10/much_discussion,_little_resolution 9432ba21-8ce2-48a8-8cc9-2c0a0b434b56 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:11:17 GMT In the ongoing saga between Venezuelan despot President Hugo Chavez and Colombian democratic President Alvaro Uribe, Chavez for the moment appears to have the upper hand. He basks in the glow of - finally - securing http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnRThomson/2008/01/21/chavez_to_colombia_farc_you 76943d4e-6479-44e6-9d03-f386a5c1bcb9 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:01:00 GMT The recent Colombian elections for governors, mayors, plus state and city legislators were remarkable, with much good news about the state of democracy in the long troubled country. Unfortunately, there was as much... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnRThomson/2007/11/13/hasta_la_vista,_colombia 1908d7eb-810c-4e0e-bd38-68bf000a1ab2 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:14:12 GMT As Congress debates the merits of ratifying free-trade agreements with four countries, many arguments have been advanced from both sides. The politically charged climate on Capitol Hill obscures the underlying... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnRThomson/2007/09/11/rapid_reaction_free_trade_in_the_balance 0b446f0d-1b63-4e21-91d9-75d3dd18efe3 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:01:45 GMT Throughout most of the Muslim world, in virtually all media and with hardly a whimper of demurral, the charge is leveled and endlessly reiterated: the United States, frequently with its hated accomplice Israel, is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnRThomson/2007/08/27/whose_genocide_will_it_be 022bf18d-dc08-4d81-8212-45013be7700b Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:39:31 GMT