It is time to evaluate the wisdom of retaining a blind, hopeful faith in the Obama Administration's Middle East policies, and of reflexively supporting whatever it wants us to support.
William Hartung | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
Presidents from John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan, have called for nuclear disarmament. But no president in the nuclear age has spoken of it as often as Barack Obama.
Byron Williams | Posted 09.02.2009 | Politics
Carter added to his distinguished legacy by making a difficult personal decision. After more than 60 years, Carter broke the ties he formed with the Southern Baptist Convention.
Stanton Peele | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics
We are unlikely to ever again see the likes of LBJ -- or of the huge changes he crafted in our society -- and we are just now starting to understand what we have lost.
Jon Bowermaster | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media
People suggested to Walter that he should run for President himself. "I think we'll wait and see how many uncommitteds there are after New Hampshire," he said. "And then maybe we'll go after them."
Steve Clemons | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
Israel, an ally of the United States, is testing Obama's strength and resolve as much as a number of American foes.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
Fear, not surprisingly, has remained one of the key tenets of the Republican message during Obama's presidency.
Peter Clothier | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
In Carter, we wanted radical change, a more transparent and responsive government, an end to war and partisan strife, principled compassion and justice to prevail over heartless greed and power mongering: sound familiar?
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics
The "secret" CIA assassination program that Dick Cheney allegedly concealed from Congress sounds a lot like the assassination policy implemented by President Bill Clinton.
Harry Moroz | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics
President Obama seems committed to shifting federal urban policymaking from a reactive, "Marshall Plan"-type strategy to a proactive, cooperative approach.
Bob Dinneen | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green
So when are we going to wake up to the fact that our dependence on imported oil is worse than in the days of Carter's "malaise"? And what are we going to do about it?
Congressional Quarterly | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
As his presidency approaches the half-year mark, Barack Obama is on pace to be the most successful Oval Office occupant in more than half a century wh...
Tom Gabbay | Posted 08.02.2009 | World
This revolution, if that's what it is, can only come from the Iranian people. The US must remain on the sidelines; a spectator to what could be a game changer in the Middle East and beyond.
Eric Ehrmann | Posted 07.30.2009 | World
Fifty million Brazilian students will have Christmas in July when software Santa slips down the chimney to give them a free ticket on the information highway.
Howard Schweber | Posted 07.27.2009 | World
For this week in regards to Iran Obama and his State Department get an A. Maybe even an A+, but the week is not over yet.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics
Just as President Obama's second quarter nears its end, the predictable happened: the gloat over his reported light dip in popularity has begun with a vengeance.
Mark Kaminsky | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics
Americans and their media treat ex-presidents like kids treat difficult parents once they either die or stop parenting and start doing something useful, like helping them to pay off a mortgage.
Sanjeev Bery | Posted 07.19.2009 | World
This blockade is so extensive that the Israeli government even treats paper and crayons as "security hazards."
Ann Wright | Posted 07.19.2009 | World
It is high time for the Obama administration to send US government officials to Gaza to figure out the mechanisms for getting the $300 million the US has allocated for reconstruction in Gaza to the people of Gaza.
The Cable | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
When Fox News reported today based on unnamed sources in Gaza that former President Jimmy Carter plans to urge President Barack Obama to take the Pale...
Reuters | Posted 07.17.2009 | World
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are being "treated more like animals than human beings," former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said on Tu...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.17.2009 | World
Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...
Haaretz | Posted 07.16.2009 | World
A speech in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared support for limited Palestinian statehood created new obstacles to peace, former United S...
AP | ALBERT AJI | Posted 07.12.2009 | World
DAMASCUS, Syria — Former President Jimmy Carter Thursday reiterated that there can be no peace between Israel and the Palestinians without invol...
DPA | Posted 07.11.2009 | World
The Palestinian movement Hamas said it will "listen" to former US president Jimmy Carter and "learn about his efforts to deal with the Palestinian sit...
Dan Fleshler | Posted 09.10.2009 | World