The KSM Trial and Republican Attacks
The recent attacks on the decision by President Obama and Attorney General Holder to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM), one of the masterminds of the Se...
The recent attacks on the decision by President Obama and Attorney General Holder to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM), one of the masterminds of the Se...
"I have thankfulness that we live in a country where we have the freedom to speak, even though Todd has never done so actually."
The White House released the list of those attending the State Dinner honoring India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. But it's not just India's night -- there are a lot of folks that could push other agendas in Obama Land.
It's not uncommon for a president to recommend journalistic work. It's rarer for the process to happen entirely online, as in the case of Ron Brownstein's blog post on Harry Reid's health care bill.
Two seminal events are quickly approaching -- elections and a referendum on the unity of the country -- and the international community is concerned that they will lead to new violence.
Dear Mr. President--Since you were in Asia, you may have missed Bill Moyers' show last Friday night, about LBJ's radio clips as he reluctantly escalat...
The US and China both have a major interest in dealing with the negative impacts of their reliance on coal. It's time to get beyond rhetoric to start working through the details.
As I watched President Obama and PM Singh, it was clear that what was being signaled from the administration is a sincere effort to stress the "deepening cooperation" between our two countries.
If we as a nation don't preserve Network Neutrality at home, we undermine our diplomacy goals and pro-democracy initiatives abroad. So say senior off...
Eight years in, we deserve more than another executive debate of resources behind closed doors. We deserve a Congress willing to do their duty -- define an objective or bring our troops home.
Palin's saying Obama wasn't acknowledging the sacrifices of our troops can mean only two things: either her mind exists on an entirely different planet, or she knows she's being completely disingenuous.
So is this what Obama has in mind for adding jobs? 34,000 of em, to Afghanistan? This isn't what I had in mind when I voted for him last year.
Imagine finding yourself in the driver's seat of a car heading directly at a brick wall. You panic: What to do? Fortunately, there are three people i...
For those who've slammed Obama for socialism, pay attention to India where Obama is going boldly where no Republican government has ever gone before.
Republicans defended Bush and blamed state and local officials when the Army Corps of Engineers was found culpable for the flooding of New Orleans. Now Democrats are doing the same thing.
Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) is a member of the important Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a member of the Judiciary Committee, where he chair...
Chalk it up to pre-traumatic-Thanksgiving-stress-syndrome, we've been lying awake for nights obsessing about the big O's big state dinner, and our ima...
Republicans are poised to cement their complete opposition to everything Obama and reap a huge political win by twisting their political principles to oppose further escalation of troops in Afghanistan.
This year, please send the turkeys to a credible sanctuary that has experts in turkey behavior and care, where Sasha and Malia would be able to visit them, along with other rescued animals.
Under Blair, Britain "modernized" as "Cool Britannia," and indicators on the economy, the environment, and crime improved. Then came Iraq, the war too far.
History suggests that when internal political dysfunction overwhelms external attempts at stabilization, getting out sooner rather than later is in the best interest of an occupying power.