Stories by William O. Beeman

The United States may not have the international support it needs for an act of aggression against the theocratic state.

Like it not, there is no single, clear biological, psychological or cultural definition of "male" and "female.

As the situation in Iraq deteriorates, President Bush has outlined a grand vision for democracy in the Middle East. But the U.S. will have to change tactics quickly if legitimate elected bodies are to rule in Iraq.

The Bush administration is turning up the heat on Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program, but any evidence for such a program is scant.

The U.S. invasion lifted the veil on the real face of power in Iraq, an enormous Shiite Muslim bloc which is spread across the Middle East.

From "creative destruction" to "total war," the guiding beliefs of the most aggressive foreign policymakers in the Bush administration may originate in the works of an influential yet rarely seen neoconservative.

U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix has been virtually ignored by the U.S. press lately, but he's been far from silent.

While their ties to Iran have long troubled the United States, as Iraq's majority religion Shi'ite Muslims must be given a real stake in the country's reconstruction.

Experts on Iran and the Kurds dread the aftermath of a U.S. invasion of Iraq, which they say would destabilize the entire region.

During the 100th anniversary of Margaret Mead's death, Americans would do well to consult the anthropologist's prescient observations of U.S. culture during wartime.