Climate change, according to the Pentagon, poses a greater threat than terrorism. So how come the Pentagon is spending 1.5 trillion a year on secondary targets like Al-Qaeda and ignoring the primary threat?
Ray Hanania | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics
The Arab American leadership is trying to play it both ways. It wants to satisfy the growing American public demand that they act with principle, while tolerating the intolerable hate speech and extremist rhetoric that is dominating the community's lexicon.
Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics
Either Congressional Republicans chart a bold course of real change, Gingrich argues or the GOP faces a landslide defeat and disaster in November. It's hard to agree with him. But I think he's right.
Carol Maric | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
I Object! Or is that Subject? This was my first reaction to the common linguistic objectification of sentient beings which has become pervasive in America.
Dan Brown | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business
Sachs has many allies and supporters, including Al Gore, Kofi Annan, and Bono. Will the Democrat nominee embrace his humane and sensible proposals?
Tim Roemer | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics
The Muslim world has as much stake as the United States in defeating violent extremism, and we must bridge this communication gap.
Mark Kleiman | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics
The GOP hard core needs to win this year, and, once they've extracted the maximum amount of concessions from McCain, they will fall in line behind him and even work reasonably hard to get him elected.
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Max Keiser | Posted 06.03.2008 | Business