Tony Blair Must Be Charged With War Crimes

Ben Cohen, 12.14.2009

Editor of The Daily Banter.com

Tony Blair's stunning admission to the BBC that he would have invaded Iraq regardless of whether there had been Weapons of Mass Destruction revealed t...

Are Crippling Droughts the Next Great Threat to Iraq?

Martin Chulov, 12.14.2009

The flow of the Euphrates that reaches Iraq is down, according to scientific estimates, by 50% to 70% and falling further by the week. The water shortage here has not been worse for at least the last two centuries.

Army Record Suicide Rate Continues, and Will Continue for Some Time

Jon Soltz, 12.14.2009

Co-Founder of VoteVets.org, served as a Captain in Operation Iraqi Freedom

The Army reported that suicides are yet again at an all time high. This isn't to say every soldier deployed frequently and for long periods will kill him or herself. But there's a "significant link" for many of those who do.

US Swagger Equals Foreign Policy Disaster

Sharmine Narwani, 12.14.2009

Sharmine Narwani is a Senior Associate at St. Anthony's College, Oxford University

If Iran offers to swap its low-enriched uranium for higher grade uranium, does the US have the right to dismiss it because it doesn't meet our conditions?

Arianna On The 'Supreme Irony' Of Obama's Nobel Speech (VIDEO)

Huff TV, 12.11.2009

Arianna appeared on "The Joy Behar Show" Thursday evening with Behar and radio host Stephanie Miller, where she weighed in on President Obama's Nobel ...

While Dying, Editor & Publisher Showed Journalism How To Live

Will Bunch, 12.11.2009

Author, "Tear Down This Myth"

While I greatly mourn E&P's passing, I want to call attention to the splendor of its final years, when it died like a supernova, with a great burst of energy.

Top 6 Obama Quotes: Guide to his Global, Nobel Journey

Richard M. Benjamin, 12.10.2009

Author, Searching for Whitopia

"If you can tell people, 'We have a president in the White House who still has a grandmother living in a hut on the shores of Lake Victoria and ha...

The Best Books of the Decade

Anis Shivani, 12.10.2009

Writer

Orhan Pamuk's The Museum of Innocence will be interpreted by clueless reviewers as one about "obsession," just as they might view Nabokov's Lolita to be about "pedophilia."

Caution: Surge Ahead ... and Slide Back

Randall Amster, 12.09.2009

Peace educator, author, and activist

It seems that we've taken yet another step backward with this new headlong offensive aimed at "peace and prosperity" -- and no amount of linguistic manipulation toward "forward movement" can effectively counter that actuality.

Condoleezza Rice's Smoking Gun

Sebastian Doggart, 12.09.2009

When I began investigating Condoleezza Rice four years ago, I had no idea she was complicit in torture.

The Sunni-Shia Conflict in Iraq

Nathan Gonzalez, 12.08.2009

Author of The Sunni-Shia Conflict: Understanding Sectarian Violence in the Middle East

Tuesday's deadly coordinated bomb attacks against soft targets in Iraq bear the mark of a simmering Sunni insurgency. But the Sunni-Shia conflict has very little to do with personal religious grudges.

From Skinny Kid to Commander in Chief - What Afghanistan Policy tells us about President Obama

Frankie Sturm, 12.07.2009

Blogito Ergo Sum

When Barack Obama ran for the U.S. Senate in 2004, he jokingly referred to himself as a "skinny kid with a funny name." The self-deprecation won him p...

Bringing Down Three False Gods

Deepak Chopra, 12.07.2009

Author, Sirius/XM radio host

Is the American system due for a major overhaul? Three pillars of American life are cracking, along with the beliefs that hold them up.

Afghan Policy Remains in the Dark Ages

Patricia DeGennaro, 12.07.2009

For our part, it is time to shift America's focus away from a power that peddles so many deadly weapons to one that fosters economic growth, entrepreneurial ventures and positive creativity.

A Call to Arms (and Legs) in the Civil War and in the Iraq War

Lapham's Quarterly, 12.04.2009

Lapham's Quarterly is a journal of history and ideas edited by Lewis Lapham

Since 2003, American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan have been losing limbs at twice the rate of any previous American war. More than six percent of injured US troops require amputation.

Can Obama Answer a Soldier's Questions?

Michael Shandrick, 12.03.2009

Author, Colorado Springs native

Given the pomp and circumstance of Obama's speech one would not expect warmed over politics. Soldiers deserve better. Among them is Pfc. "O", a soldier trained at Fort Carson now on his first tour in Iraq.

Obama, Progressives and Afghanistan

Robert Creamer, 12.03.2009

Political organizer, strategist and author

Progressives must not lose sight of the fact that, although we may disagree with President Obama's decision on Afghanistan, he shares a progressive vision of American foreign policy.

How to Make Peace With Obama's Speech

Deepak Chopra, 12.02.2009

Author, Sirius/XM radio host

In order to move on, I think we have to make peace with Obama's speech and the decisions he made. To do that, here are the salient points.

Obama's Unavoidable Cure for the Afghanistan Cancer

Bob Cesca, 12.03.2009

Political Writer, Blogger, and New Media Producer

Are we willing to allow eight years of mistakes and mismanagement to go unmitigated, or do we risk more lives trying to at least clean up some of the mess before we bug out?

What Does 30,000 Troops Really Buy Us?

Megan Carpentier, 12.02.2009

Editor of News and Politics at Air America

Is a graceful withdrawal and a less unstable puppet government worth more American lives? Are those lives really worth that "success"?

In Afghanistan, Is the Problem Capacity Or Complexity?

Ron Ashkenas, 12.02.2009

Author, "Simply Effective: How to Cut Through Complexity in Your Organization and Get Things Done"

Cross-posted from Harvard Business Online A senior manager at Cisco once suggested to me that there are two types of challenges in organizations -- c...