Bin Laden

The Bin Laden Pilot's Watch? This'll Take Some Marketing...

David Weiner | Posted 02.25.2009 | Style


David Weiner

In the years since 9/11, the bin Laden family has popped up in some interesting places. It's the newest family endeavor that may raise some eyebrows though.

Bin Laden's Message in the Era of Obama

Tim Roemer | Posted 02.15.2009 | World


Tim Roemer

The release of yet another tape from Osama Bin Laden Wednesday serves as a reminder of the many leftover issues Barack Obama will inherit from the Bush administration.

Osama Bin Laden Challenges Obama In Tape

AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 02.14.2009 | World


CAIRO, Egypt — Osama bin Laden urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel, seeking to harness anger over the Gaza offensive with a new messa...

Bin Laden's New Weapon of Mass Destruction

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics


Robert L. Borosage

Afghanistan is the central front in the war on terror. But perhaps we'd be wiser to leave bin Laden in his cave, abandon the wrong-headed misnomer of a "war on terror," and give up attempting to build a new democracy on the other side of the world.

Why George W. Bush Made Me Sick Yesterday

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 12.27.2008 | Media


Stephen C. Rose

For George Bush, democracy is bulling through a Florida decision which makes his government only borderline legitimate from the gitgo. It is forcing "change" with soldiers rather than friendly persuasion. It is pandering.

The Things that Haven't Happened Yet

Don Steinberg | Posted 01.20.2009 | Home


Don Steinberg

As a public service, here is our newly updated list of the remaining things that haven't happened yet: African-American elected president of United ...

Politics and Faith

Larry Beinhart | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


Larry Beinhart

The Constitution, Article VI, Section 3, states "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

There Will Not Be an October Surprise

Matt Littman | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


Matt Littman

No, this campaign is going to come down to Obama vs. McCain, mano a mano. And right now, momentum is going Obama's way.

McCain "Cut-and-Run" from Afghanistan, "Forfeited Gains" and Was Snookered by bin Laden

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics


Paul Abrams

McCain not only voted to cut-and-run from Afghanistan in favor of the Iraq, he plumped hard for it. He not only followed bin Laden's deliberately misleading claim of where the central theatre of the war was, he quoted it.

9/11 -- Unfinished Business

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

I write this so that our remembrance of 9/11 serves as reminder that we were once united in our determination to complete the unfinished business at hand -- to bring justice to those who ruined so many lives.

What to Do: Blow Myself Up or Study Engineering at Caltech?

Russ Wellen | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics


Russ Wellen

Sometimes the answer to a problem isn't as hard as we think it is. In fact, it may be downright easy. But something in our makeup prevents us from eit...

Terror "Threats" Timed to Thwart Kerry in '04

Paul Abrams | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


Paul Abrams

Examination of the "evidence" behind the threats showed them to be flimsy and out-of-date. That, together with the timing provides a very strong case for their being totally a concoction brewed for political gain.

Sam Stein

Exclusive: Fmr Senator Bob Graham on Clinton, Obama, And Delegates

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Florida Democratic powerhouse Bob Graham declined on Tuesday night to affirm whether or not Sen. Hillary Clinton had switched her position on a DNC pl...

Sam Stein

Bush SOTU: Bin Laden Mentioned Once, Pakistan Twice

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sometimes, during a speech, what is left unsaid is more telling than the words uttered. This was certainly true during Monday night's State of the Uni...

Bin Laden Son Wants to Be Peace Activist

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


CAIRO, Egypt — Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father _ except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down hi...