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Pakistan: Former President Musharraf Attempts a Comeback
Islamabad, Pakistan - In keeping with a time-tested tradition of Pakistani exiles attempting political comebacks, former President Pervez Musharraf is launching a new political party and plans to return …
Ruth Marcus | Look Who Is Killing Jobs Now
Republicans like to denounce President Obama and congressional Democrats for what they describe as “job-killing” policies. But in those red-hot rhetorical terms, congressional Republicans are guilty of mass murder …
Eugene Robinson | Losing Our Way in Afghanistan
Washington - Could somebody please remind me just what it is that we're achieving in Afghanistan? Don't all speak at once. No, I mean what good things we're accomplishing. …
US-Iran Relations in the Age of the Ayatollah
Equally at home in Tehran or New York, Hooman Majd benefits from a background as intricately woven as any Persian carpet. The son of a diplomat under the shah …
Right-Wing Trickster James O’Keefe May Have Violated Maryland Wiretap Law in Latest Attempt
Convicted federal criminal and right-wing dirty-trickster James O'Keefe appears to have flagrantly run afoul of the rule of law yet again. This time, he appears to have violated and/or …
Markets and Governments: Finding the Balance in Developing Countries
The recent global economic crisis has renewed interest in the debate over the role of the government in economic activities, in developed countries as well as developing countries.
Emanuel’s Departure Unlikely to Reset Obama’s Presidency
Washington - White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is expected to resign Friday, accelerating a midterm staff exodus that will give President Barack Obama a chance to hit …
Former Student Radicals Poised to Lead Brazil
In the 1960s, economics student Dilma Rousseff joined her first militant group opposing the military dictatorship in Brazil. In 1970, she was captured, tortured and tossed in prison for …
The Washington Post Wants Your Social Security to Pay for the War
For The Washington Post, there's no such thing as a war that America can't afford. In an editorial Wednesday, The Washington Post takes President Obama to task for being …
Industry Wraps Coal Ash Regulation Fight in the Mantle of Civil Rights
Standing out among the more than 250 people who testified at the recent Environmental Protection Agency hearing on proposed coal ash regulations in Charlotte, N.C.