Benny Morris Justifies Israel's Coming Attack on Iran
A nuclear attack on a nation of seventy million people (a great many of them innocent of the desire to wipe Israel off the map) is morally indefensible. How can Morris defend it?
My problem isn't that Obama doesn't always agree with me. My problem is that he has started to not always agree with himself -- falling prey instead to the Conventional Wisdom sirens.
A nuclear attack on a nation of seventy million people (a great many of them innocent of the desire to wipe Israel off the map) is morally indefensible. How can Morris defend it?
The Right can't have it both ways on this one; they can't hector Obama about not traveling the world, then carp when he does. They certainly can't refer to a politician's travels as being political. That label is as obvious as it is inaccurate.
If managing a presidential campaign is any indication of how these candidates will perform day one in the White House, it is McCain's campaign, not Obama's that should be worrying American voters.
The Air Force funded private jet-like touches for planes -- sofas, beds, leather swivel chairs, flat-screen monitors with stereo -- at a price of $16.2 million, all from the War on Terror budget.
Attendees and bloggers at Netroots are disappointed with the emerging, bipartisan consensus in Washington that the lawlessness of the Bush era can largely go unpunished.
This policy has not only blemished the United States' record as a leader against HIV and AIDS worldwide, it has had serious consequences at home.
For Iran's own best interests, its contentious leaders would be well advised to tone down their anti-Israeli threats and find a diplomatic solution to its suspected nuclear weapons program.
The dogma of American conservatism is to look backward, which means you're usually out of date in understanding progress and usually wrong in understanding the human condition.
Lecturing the black community is the perfect way to avoid alienating white voters. However, Obama does not share the same history as the African American community he is speaking to.
I spoke with singer/songwriter Neil Young about his music, his marriage, and his faith.
Imagine, Mr Savage, if you lacked the ability to express your feelings, thoughts or needs. Imagine if this were your child. Would you want your child smeared for something they had no control over?

Why the avalanche of ranting about boomers? Is it because we are at the very apex of population demographic and we've reached the tipping point? Or are there other more subtle shifts at play?