RIP: Sydney Pollack, 1934-2008

As NowPublic has reported here and here, acclaimed actor and director Sydney Pollack has died of cancer at the age of 73. Accolades and remembrances are beginning to pour in. Here is a sample of recent posts...

US director Sydney Pollack dies

Famous Actor turned director hollywood director Sydney Pollack had died of cancer. Director of Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie and The Way We Were died on Monday, surrounded by family members, at his home in...

Delusionary, Dancing Bush

"Events of the last week offer a metaphorical glimpse at the delusion pervading President George W. Bush's White House and other enclaves of Iraq supporters in Washington. Bush and the First Lady spent last Monday...

Stability in Iraq: A War We Just Might Win

Stability in Iraq: A War We Just Might WinThe New York Times, July 30, 2007Michael E. O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy StudiesKenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East...

Iraq, Brookings And The US Democratic Partisans Of War

When Michael E. O'Hanlon and Kenneth M. Pollack returned from Iraq they wrote in the "International Herald Tribune" on July 30 (1): "The political debate in Washington is surreal. The Bush administration has over...

Flying Pig Moment

"This may be THE Flying Pig Moment of 2007. The New York Times has published an editorial by MICHAEL E. O’HANLON and KENNETH M. POLLACK that reflects much of the cautious optimism that we’ve seen since the...

U.S. options in Iraq could soon narrow, ranging from unpleasant to unthinkable

"WASHINGTON - Now that moderate Republicans have told President Bush that time is running out on his Iraq policy, he'll have to demonstrate real progress in a matter of months or face choices that range from the highly unpleasant to the nearly unthinkable. September, only...

Spillover of a Different Kind by Nikolas Gvosdev, National Interest

"In the forthcoming issue of The National Interest, Ken Pollack and Dan Byman will further develop their thoughts on how to manage spillover from the emerging Iraqi civil war. But another sort of spillover has already been taking place—one with negative implications for...

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