William Pfaff, a former editor of Commonweal, was a political columnist for the International Herald Tribune in Paris and author of The Irony of Manifest Destiny: The Tragedy of America's Foreign Policy (Walker & Company). Also by this author Sensational, but Ineffectual Get Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2005-06-03 issue: View Contents Most Recent Not Going Back By The Editors November 21, 2024 Accreting Opinions By Anthony Domestico November 21, 2024 On Death & Resurrection By Paul J. Griffiths November 20, 2024