India's military right to pursue the Mumbai attackers into Pakistan remains unquestioned. But if India chooses to exercise that right, it could be disastrous military strategy.
Gordon Goldstein | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
In selecting General Jones as his national security adviser, Obama has eschewed the model of the foreign policy intellectual and instead placed a true military-affairs expert as his side in the White House.
David Suissa | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
People didn't just pick sides. They dug their heels into mud and barely moved. Unless you were surrounded by like-minded people where you could just pile on, you had short conversations.
David Henry Sterry | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media
McCain didn't even write his memoir. And the book reads like it was written by the captain of the football team who had the smart kid do it for him.
Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media
When Obama mentioned Ledbetter in a debate, McCain muttered that it would create "a trial lawyers dream." He claims lawyers could take advantage of women who allege discrimination.
Paula Gordon | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
Character, not just the Great Depression, has me thinking about Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama in tandem as I wait (anxiously) for the American p...
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 12.01.2008 | Business
The time when most of us need to hold onto our wallets is when politicians talk about allowing corporations to take our money and concentrate it among the wealthiest people.
Paula Gordon | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics
I revisited Barack Obama's speech on the subject of race in the United States last night. Yes, I was sorely in need of an effective antidote to Repub...
Kat Cohen | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living
On average, the US Department of Education estimates that nearly 60% of American college students attend more than one college before they graduate with a bachelor's degree.
Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home
My father said Jackie Robinson wasn't just a great ballplayer, he called him simply A Great Man. I watch Barack Obama handle this campaign and I'm struck by more than just his talent and intelligence and dedication to doing right. I'm struck with his dignity in the face of insult.
Scott Swenson | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics
Maybe McCain's last act of patriotism for the country he loves is exposing extremist elements by picking Palin and making Americans more aware of how this Culture of Lies has taken root.
Phil Plait | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics
Planetaria show us the beauty and grandeur of the Universe, and shouldn't be cynically relegated to being a political bludgeon used to score cheap points.
Eli Davidson | Posted 10.12.2008 | Living
Maybe there is something in the Kansas water that is the love potion of mixed marriages. Like Barack Obama, I am a half-breed. Growing up as a Quew ...
Steve Young | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media
The Lords of Loud are at the ready. Rush, Sean, BillO, Glenn, et al. They will be front and center to answer all the questions you have about Sarah Pa...
Eli Davidson | Posted 10.05.2008 | Living
Don't kid yourself. It doesn't matter who you vote for. If you don't vote for yourself...nothing in your life is going to change. As inspiring as Bar...
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 09.27.2008 | Green
Gal Luft is the most hated man in Riyadh, Detroit, and Des Moines, according to Esquire Magazine who's voted him as one of America's brightest in 200...
Tony Martin | Posted 09.21.2008 | Home
Concerning Obama's Saddleback Church presentation, one "analyst" asks another if he thought Obama was perhaps a bit "nuanced" or "hard to understand." The colleague, affirmed that yes, Obama was "nuanced."
Tony Martin | Posted 09.20.2008 | Home
In response to Stan's put-downs, what if Ollie moved the dispute to an examination of real-world circumstances? Suddenly everything changes for Stan because his real-world performance deficiencies are verifiable.
Vicky Ward | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics
Do the Clintons intend to eviscerate what ought to be Obama's coronation at the Democratic Party Convention in Denver next week?
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics
In the annals of U.S.-Russian relations, Secretary of State Rice has proven once again to be not up to the task at effectively managing the one area of foreign policy that is her principal area of expertise -- U.S.-Russian relations.
Judah Freed | Posted 08.12.2008 | Home
I want the Democrats to win the White House and to make the next Supreme Court appointments and that's why Obama has got to put Gen. Wesley Clark in the second spot on the ticket.
Marissa Moss | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
As much as Obama cannot and should not abandon his goals, neither can we. We want change we can believe in, but we also want change that can happen.
Cristina Chang | Posted 07.03.2008 | Home
Fiorina's apparent ignorance of the issue-based ties between Obama and Clinton undercuts her role as McCain ambassador to Clinton's women. She belittles Clinton's priorities and the intelligence of women voters.
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics
Making a clear commitment to choose Clinton for secretary of state would add much to Obama's appeal, given that his experience in foreign policy is particularly short.
Election Central | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The Hillary campaign might have their own surrogate with foot-in-mouth syndrome who they'll have to deal with. During an appearance yesterday on talk ...
Jim Arkedis | Posted 01.11.2009 | World