"You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you." - C.S. Lewis

Mr. Troxel’s letter (Sunday, July 25) exhibits the kind head-in-the-sand ignorance that seems to typify most Americans. Even if you only watch the FAUX NEWS channel, you can gather that the U.S. is the world’s largest buttinski.

As befits a presidential candidate who had a cameo in “Wedding Crashers” (2005), John McCain’s foreign policy also comes from the movies. He’s doing a real-life impersonation of the character Ben Stiller played in “Mystery Men” (1999): Mr. Furious, the “ticking time-bomb of fury.” Other line: “Don’t mess with the volcano my man ’cause I will go Pompeii on your … butt.” Just like John McCain.

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush is looking at world hot spots from Baghdad to Pyongyang, without leaving Texas. Keeping up an annual tradition, Bush was meeting with his defense and foreign policy teams on Thursday at his ranch, where he is spending August.

June 18, 2004

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry will focus on the aftermath of the Iraq war, the threat of terrorism and other foreign policy topics during a 90-minute debate Oct. 13 in Tempe.

BOCA RATON, Fla. — President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night, accusing him of "wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map." The Republican coolly responded, "Attacking me is not an agenda" for dealing with a dangerous world.

WASHINGTON — Still neck-and-neck after all these months, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney head into their third and final debate with each man eager to project an aura of personal strength and leadership while raising doubts about the steadiness and foreign policy credentials of the other guy.

Mitt Romney’s foreign policy is about what you should expect from someone who evaded the Vietnam military draft by hiding out as a minister of religion — in France, no less. Like most Chickenhawks, as soon as the shooting stopped, Mitt suddenly became chest-beatingly aggressive, hoping that people might forget that he showed the white feather when it came time to stand up for his country.

Officially, the United States is studiously neutral in the German elections Sunday, but no one here would be much dismayed if Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder loses.

With the war on terrorism a top national and local priority, the mere possibility that some Arizona public funds might be underwriting rogue nations is chilling.

March 15, 2005

Arizona State University President Michael Crow has joined the Council on Foreign Relations, the nation’s top think tank on foreign policy.

Dan Thomasson: The other day I asked a liberal friend whether he considered someone arrested in an attempted act of terror a warrior or merely a criminal?

WASHINGTON - The government will make permanent its changes to a visa program that brings foreign workers to the U.S. for temporary nonagricultural work.

David Schweikert, the former Maricopa County treasurer, gained a lifelong appreciation for clean government during one of Arizona's dirtiest eras of political corruption.

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. is tightening its policies regarding shutting down Web journals after its much-publicized shut down of a well-known Chinese blogger at that government's request.

FLAGSTAFF - Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, says Flagstaff's police chief is not honoring his oath of duty because his department doesn't check the immigration status of otherwise law-abiding residents.

KIEV, Ukraine - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought Wednesday to clarify U.S. policy on harsh interrogation methods, saying no U.S. personnel may use cruel or degrading practices at home or abroad.

A decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Americans still have a lot to learn about their own nation’s foreign policy and the Islamic religion, according to a panel discussion hosted Thursday by the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University.

A decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Americans still have a lot to learn about their own nation’s foreign policy and the Islamic religion, according to a panel discussion hosted Thursday by the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University.

A decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Americans still have a lot to learn about their own nation’s foreign policy and the Islamic religion, according to a panel discussion hosted Thursday by the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University.

Arizona’s government budget crisis is threatening to bring an end to the state’s four foreign trade offices, which have spurred exports by Arizona companies since the late 1980s.

Mickey Mouse has a bone to pick with Uncle Sam.