Obama: Is He Nixon Reborn?

John Feffer, 12.22.2009

Co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus

Richard Nixon was the greatest peacemaker in U.S. history. He orchestrated the historic opening with Beijing. And he presided over the most significan...

Obama Won't Push Equal Rights Law in the Right Direction

Emma Ruby-Sachs, 12.22.2009

Lawyer

While the Obama administration pretends that the law is a concrete inflexible animal incapable of multiple interpretations, LGBT rights in this country continue to languish. Strong leadership is needed.

How Two Teenagers Beat the Secret Service

Paul Raeburn, 12.14.2009

Tareq and Michaele Salahi are not the first gate-crashers to discover that the Secret Service isn't so tough.

The Nature of Fear

Jim Lichtman, 12.07.2009

Looking at two films recently I was struck not only by the similarities in deception but how the underlying aspect of fear transports individuals to a...

Barack Obama's War: 10 Key Things To Know

William Bradley, 12.04.2009

California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com

It's Barack Obama's war now -- a war in which the Nobel Peace Prize-winner has placed himself at the helm of the largest military force ever sent to Afghanistan. Here are some key things to know.

Afghanistan, "So It Goes"

Joseph A. Palermo, 12.02.2009

Author/Associate Professor of History

As with Vietnam, the problem in Afghanistan is political, not military. The United States can stay there forever if we want to -- but is it worth it?

White House Gate Crashing, From Andrew Jackson To Grace Slick

Chris Weigant, 12.02.2009

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

While Washington is all a-twitter over two society climbers crashing the gates at an Obama soirée, in the grand sweep of history, it was a fairly minor event. No one was in danger, and no real harm was done, nobody got dosed with LSD.

Palin Is Nixon, Minus The Smarts

Mark Green, 11.24.2009

President of Air America Media

Sarah Palin's rhetoric against the East and West Coast elites, and liberal media, appeals to aggrieved "ordinary Americans", in her phrase. Sounds like "the silent majority." Is this Nixon redux?

Obama, the Teabaggers and Foreign Policy

Leon T. Hadar, 11.23.2009

Journalist and foreign affairs analyst

As Obama contemplates a new strategy for Afghanistan, he should consider integrating the conservative values of fiscal discipline and limited government into his foreign policy decision-making.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed And An Independent Department Of Justice

Chris Weigant, 11.18.2009

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

The upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has revealed that a whole lot of people have totally and utterly forgotten the way our system of justice is designed to operate.

That Something Is Published Does Not Make It True

Judith M. Bardwick, 11.20.2009

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego

I'm not on anyone's list to receive emails or blogs or even solicitations for money from extremely right wing, politically conservative organizations ...

Obama Bows, Conservatives Bitch, Reality Bites

Jackson Williams, 11.18.2009

Austin-based writer

President Obama bowed this week when greeting Japanese Emperor Akihito, and the conservative media and blogosphere went positively apoplectic.

Holder's Terror Decision Was His -- the De-Politicization of Justice

Mark Green, 11.17.2009

President of Air America Media

Beyond the merits of Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in federal criminal court in Manhattan is the fact that it was his decision.

Liberal Elitism Will Make Sarah Palin President - How Only Union Organizing Can Stop It

Mike Elk, 11.12.2009

Campaign for America's Future

The experiences of liberal elites are so outside of the mainstream that, very often, they just don't understand the working class. Very few have any experience living with or knowing working-class people.

The "Goldilocks Principle" and Afghan War Options

Joseph A. Palermo, 11.09.2009

Author/Associate Professor of History

General McChrystal's recommendation for more troops and material has a distinctly Westmorelandian flavor to it. If approved, it could create an additional $40 to$80 billion per annum in war costs.

What Obama Is Up Against

Russ Baker, 11.04.2009

Editor, whowhatwhy.com, Author "Family of Secrets" explosive Bush history (2009)

We Americans harbor a quaint belief that a new president takes charge of a government that eagerly awaits his next command. But that's not how things work at the top, especially where "national security" is concerned.

President Obama & America's Comedically-Challenged Funnymen

Mark Joseph, 11.02.2009

Mark Joseph is a producer, author, talk show host and editor of Bullypulpit.com

For years liberals and conservatives have argued back and forth about a press biased against their side. President Obama is now leading a crusade agai...

Obama Is Right About Fox News

Thomas Frank, 10.28.2009

Author, Wall Street Journal columnist

Persecution fantasy is Fox News's lifeblood; give it the faintest whiff of the real thing and look out for a gale-force hissy fit -- as the Obama administration has discovered by now.

Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant, 10.26.2009

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

Remembering Jack Nelson

Murray Fromson, 10.22.2009

Fromsonfile.com

On March 7, 1965, Jack and I met for the first time, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the outskirts of Selma, Alabama, he reporting for the Times and I for CBS News.

Obama Attempts Escape in Presidential Helium Balloon

Ben Berkon, 10.21.2009

Comedy Writer/Blogger, SomethingYouShouldRead.com

In White House news, upon hearing about the six-year old boy from Colorado who flew away in his parent's helium balloon, President Obama decided to es...