Dear Friend,

Bush's speech of June 24 has been the focus of this past week's editorials. Everyone recognized it as a major departure from past positions of U.S. governments, but many columnists felt that it was unrealistic and misguided.

Let me know either if you want to suggest additional names to add to our list or if you want your name removed.

Sincerely,

Arthur S. Obermayer

General Reactions to Bush's Speech

• Mary McGrory, "Standing by His 'Man of Peace'", Washington Post, June 27, 2002
• Don Wycliff, "Sharon dictates and Bush follows", Chicago Tribune, June 27, 2002
• Thomas Friedman, "The End of Something", New York Times, June 30, 2002
• Salim Muwakkil, "The warp factor of the Israeli lobby", Chicago Tribune, July 1, 2002

Implications of What Bush Didn't Say

• Gershom Gorenberg, "No Details, No Hope", Los Angeles Times, June 30, 2002
• Jules Witcover, "Bush tries hard Mideast balancing act", Baltimore Sun, June 28, 2002
• H.D.S. Greenway, "Bush's proposals for the Middle East are naive", Boston Globe, June 28, 2002
• Serge Schmemann, "A Departure but to Where?", New York Times, June 30, 2002

Can the Palestinians Set Up Democratic Institutions?

• Ehad Sarraj, "A Challenge We Must Accept", Washington Post, July 1, 2002
• Trudy Rubin, " Is democracy the key to Mideast peace?", Philadelphia Inquirer, June 30, 2002
• Frida Ghitis, "These 'Teachers' of Democracy Haven't a Clue", Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2002
• Wendy Pearlman, "What Bush Doesn't Know About Palestine", Boston Globe, June 30, 2002
• Thomas Friedman, "Arabs at the Crossroads", New York Times, July 3, 2002