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 Interregnum Report By The Editors May 2, 2025 Burning Down the Days By Paul Baumann May 2, 2025 Francis the Teacher By David Cloutier May 1, 2025