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The Land Mines Obama Won’t Touch
Many people are troubled that Barack Obama flew to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize so soon after escalating the war in Afghanistan. He is now more than …
House Approves Sweeping Regulatory Reform Package
More than a year after the near-collapse of Wall Street plunged the economy into crisis, the House on Friday approved the most sweeping overhaul of the nation's financial regulatory …
Eugene Robinson | Obama – At War and Peace
Washington - The traditional Nobel Peace Prize lecture, given every year at Oslo's modernist City Hall, does not usually include such words as: "I am responsible for the deployment …
Left and Right, Pundits Applaud Obama Nobel Peace Prize Speech
Liberal and conservative pundits both approve of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech. They like his humility and his realism. Washington - If nothing else, the American punditocracy largely agreed …
Deals That Threaten Disasters
Deals for 16 reactors in a single day - so read India's nuclear score card on December 7, 2009. On this date, an agreement was reached in Moscow, under …
The Power of White Privilege
On the evening of Tuesday, November 24, a young couple from Virginia made their way into one of the most secure events in the country, President Obama's state dinner …
US-Iran Talks: The Road to Diplomatic Failure
The talks between the G5 plus 1 and Iran are careening toward a premature breakdown. If they do fall apart, it will be due in large part to a …
US Neglecting Iraqi Refugees
After years of delay and bureaucratic red tape, refugees from the Iraq war are finally being allowed into the United States. But America "is opening its gates to refugees …
US Neglecting Iraqi Refugees (2)
After years of delay and bureaucratic red tape, refugees from the Iraq war are finally being allowed into the United States. But America "is opening its gates to refugees …
House Begins Debate on Sweeping Financial Regulation
Washington - Roughly 15 months after the global financial system teetered on the brink of a cataclysmic implosion, the House of Representatives on Thursday began debating the most sweeping …