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Here and There: Six Years in the Middle East
On September 11, 2001 Megan K. Stack, the 25-year-old Houston bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, was in Paris visiting her sister. After the terrorist attacks on that …
Bring It On
It is tempting to begin a sentence about today's Republican Party with the words, “Just when you thought they couldn't get any dumber,” but then you realize you're talking …
Jim Boyce | Essentials of Smart Climate Policy
In one of the more memorable moments of the 2008 presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama explained why he rejected John McCain's call to postpone their September debate in Oxford, …
Obama’s Done a Lot, but Gets Little Credit for It; Why?
Washington - Step by step, President Barack Obama is building a record of major legislation that's sure to make a mark on history. The most sweeping financial regulation since …
Revenge of the Bush Department of Justice: Phony Scandal is Legacy of Politicized Hiring
J. Christian Adams' discredited accusations that President Obama's Justice Department engaged in racially charged “corruption” in the New Black Panther Party case are being promoted and defended by a …
Froma Harrop | Democrats Can Avoid Rout – It’s Up to Them
When the pollster calls and asks whether I think the country is going in the right direction, I will say “no.” When she asks if I approve of the …
The Meaning of the Gulf Oil Gusher
Arthur C. Clarke and director Peter Hyams proved less than prophetic in the movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact, but they gave the audiences of 1984 what they …
Tom Engelhardt | Why Are We in Afghanistan?
July 12, 2011, Washington, D.C. — In triumphant testimony before a joint committee of Congress in which he was greeted on both sides of the aisle as a conquering …
Threatening World Order: US and Israel Quietly Announce Plans to Reconstitute Their Nuclear Stockpiles
The world looks like it's about to become a more dangerous place. A recent report from Israel's newspaper Haaretz finds that the United States is moving forward with plans …
George Lakoff | Disaster Messaging
Democrats are constantly resorting to disaster messaging. Here's a description of the typical situation: The Republicans out-message the Democrats. The Democrats, having no effective response, …