Dictators

Why Dictators Tend to Babble

Lionel Beehner | Posted 09.24.2009 | World


Lionel Beehner

Moammar Gadhafi droned on for 90 minutes yesterday in rambling prose barely befitting a head of state. Later, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also gave long-winded remarks.

Mr. Ahmadinejad

Gershon Hepner | Posted 08.12.2009 | Home


Gershon Hepner

Mr. Ahmajinedad, world leader with the creepiest smile, did not count each hanging chad, and therefore doesn't hear Sieg Heil as often as the Great Di...

Goodbye/Hello 7 "Human Rights Gone Wrong"

Patt Cottingham | Posted 06.13.2009 | World


Patt Cottingham

Goodbye to seating inhumane governments and regimes at the human rights table. Hello to removing inhumane governments and regimes at the human rights table.

Will Obama Stand Up to, or Smile at, Dictators?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.24.2009 | World


Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

If President Obama feels that he has to be the one to greet a man like Chavez, must it be with the kind of ear-to-ear grin that one might show girl-scouts selling cookies?

From Devils to Zebras: Riccardo Orizio's Safari in Kenya

Karin Badt | Posted 05.04.2009 | World


Karin Badt

The politics of Africa is all about the elephant.

Where Are They Now? Descendents Of 10 Former Dictators

Mental Floss | Stacy Conradt | Posted 04.13.2009 | World


1. Alessandra Mussolini, the daughter of Benito Mussolini's son and his first wife, Anna Maria Scicolone (who also happened to be Sophia Loren's siste...

Bowoto v. Chevron: Approaching the Arguments

Scott Gilmore | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics


Scott Gilmore

Why do police negotiators generally refuse to pay ransom for hostages? To do so would actually encourage more kidnappings by providing an incentive to would-be kidnappers.