Before Clinton's South Korea Visit, North Korea Steps Up War Rhetoric
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea stepped up its war rhetoric Thursday, saying its troops are "fully ready" for war with South Korea, just hours ...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea stepped up its war rhetoric Thursday, saying its troops are "fully ready" for war with South Korea, just hours ...
AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.19.2009 | World
TOKYO — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says a possible missile launch hinted at by North Korea should not be carried out. Clint...
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 03.11.2009 | Business
The crowds in the U.S. waiting to hear Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, and founder of the Grameen bank for the poor, are growing la...
Eric Kuhn | Posted 03.04.2009 | Media
Google Docs is the single platform that enabled Obama's effective organization an historic fundraising success.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics
From 1996 to 2007, the number of single-parent families with children living below the poverty line fell by a whopping 2.5%. Who says there's no progress in America?
antiwar.com | Doug Bandow | Posted 03.02.2009 | World
Much of the world has greeted the transfer of power from President George W. Bush to President Barack Obama with sighs of relief if not shouts of joy....
NY Times | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's smooth ride to confirmation as secretary of state hit a small bump on Tuesday as one of her Republican colleagues blo...
AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 02.17.2009 | World
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton's use of the term "narco state" to describe Afghanistan in a recent Senat...
Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel | Posted 02.16.2009 | Style
For Jeb Bush: "They fuck you up, your mum and dad./They may not mean to, but they do./They fill you with the faults they had/And add some extra, just for you."
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green
The destruction in China is so staggering, it's hard to comprehend. Sixteen of the world's 20 most polluted cities are in China, and many regions can now lay claim to the most polluted air in the world.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on Wednesday to approve Sen. Hillary Clinton's nomination to serve as Secretary of State and pass that no...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics
Hillary Clinton sought to assuage senators on Monday about her ability to manage the sprawling State Department by saying that she won't actually be r...
Sunil Adam | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama's conspicuous silence on the latest conflagration in the Middle East is perhaps not only tactical but also prudent. There...
Michael Shaw | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics
Happy New Year 2009! Because I've always felt it is more amusing to make new year's resolutions that others should follow, today's Friday Talking Poin...
Charles D. Ellison | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics
We see how Obama is easy to discuss all things domestic (such as bailouts, market forces, and more bailouts), but mum on how he poses to work it out abroad.
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics
While I understand the anger from the gay-rights community over the Warren issue, I myself am waiting to see some solid results from Obama before judging him.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics
Howard Wolfson, communications guru for Hilary Clinton's primary campaign, announced just now that he will be doing communications work for Michael Bl...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics
Welcome to our annual awards! For the past three years, this column has paid homage (translation: "ripped off their gimmick") to the McLaughlin Group...
Jared Levy | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics
As Barack Obama goes about forming a cabinet, cries have gone up that Obama is committing some kind of sin by appointing a number of people who worked in the Clinton Administration.
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
Brian Williams, NBC's talking head extraordinaire, is probably a decent guy, a guy with whom you could sit down and have a beer. [More on the alcohol...
The Economist | Posted 01.05.2009 | World
BARACK OBAMA has promised to make Afghanistan his foreign-policy priority. But on the streets of Kabul his electoral triumph has been greeted with jad...
Mike Bonifer | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business
A lot has been made of Obama's casting of the key roles in the new administration. There is astonishment aplenty that he's put together a team of strong personalities and former rivals.
Lionel Beehner | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
Obama's familiar-looking team of national security fixer-uppers does not inspire confidence. Nor do his vague answers to detailed questions on specific policies.
Cheryle Jackson | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago
Though Obama's plan feels right on the surface, for me it raises two questions: "Which Main Streets?" and "Who gets those jobs?"
AP | JAE-SOON CHANG | Posted 03.22.2009 | World