A Nobel Peace Prize? For delaying a scheduled maintenance to keep the information flowing? I'm trying to imagine how that commemorative statue looks on the National Mall and I'm just not seeing it.
Rick Horowitz | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
Let others constantly "take the temperature" of the so-called "community of nations." You've got a better idea: Why use a thermometer when you can stick a boot up their butt?
Steve Clemons | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics
Biden has wanted Obama to express admiration and support for the risks Iranian citizens are taking to secure democracy. A recent White House statement makes this concern clear and shows Biden's influence.
Alexia Tsotsis | Posted 07.21.2009 | Media
The social media sphere is a place of constant interruption.
J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
By declaring a new run-off between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi, Khamenei could uphold the law and will of the council while simultaneously assuaging the protesters.
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
Obama's statement warning the Iranian leadership that the "world is watching" hit the appropriate note. Not intervening. But watching.
Neil Hicks | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
Ahmadinejad's disputed victory has exposed fissures within the leadership and called into question the authority and the sure-footedness of the Supreme Leader.
David Moore | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
If we can believe the poll, and the authors' arguments, it's plausible that Ahmadinejad did in fact win the election with more than 60 percent of the vote. But don't be fooled.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
As the fallout over the Iranian election continues, HuffPost bloggers weigh in with their views on the political landscape and developments in the cou...
Meir Javedanfar | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
As far as the Supreme Leader of Iran is concerned, the demonstrators have shown their opposition, and now, it's enough.
Adam Blickstein | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
While they display the veneer of being on the side of the Iranian people, in the end Cantor, Pence and Rohrabacher confirmed themselves as the leading speechwriters for Iran's oppressive regime.
Nathaniel Zelinsky | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
Forget Twitter. It is the "V" which binds us all together.
Parvez Sharma | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
The journalist, who wishes to remain anonymous, fears that Khamenei's sermon has opened the doors for a Tiananmen in Tehran.
Dan Mirvish | Posted 07.20.2009 | Comedy
Charlotte Safavi | Posted 07.19.2009 | World
Whatever the short-term political outcome, for me, this is no longer about who wins the election. It is about growth, about grassroots, about the green.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media
I have to say that I greet today's decision by the Washington Post to fire blogger and columnist Dan Froomkin to be both sad and alarming. Froomkin h...
The Real News | Posted 07.19.2009 | World
A recent Op-Ed in the Washington Post references a rare public opinion poll in suggesting that the election may indeed have been fair.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media
Mounting criticism of the Obama administration continues to focus on whether they should maintain a clear distance from the protest movement or get "hands on" in some heretofore ill-defined way.
Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living
Say a prayer for the youth of Iran in their moment of crisis -- for all the unarmed kids who got beat up and shot at just for wanting to be heard. Pray for their protection, safety and resolve.
Stuart Whatley | Posted 07.19.2009 | World
With each new day of demonstrations comes an erosion of the Supreme Leader's power and moreover, an erosion of the system's legitimacy, which is partly based on the Supreme Leader's infallibility.
Diane Tucker | Posted 08.22.2009 | World
Look closely at the images of mass demonstrations taking place in Iran this week and you will see them: thousands of brave Iranian women taking to the streets to protest an election they feel was stolen.
Think Progress | Ryan Powers | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics
Yesterday, President Obama explained his relative public silence with regard to the situation in Iran, saying, "It's not productive, given the history...
Joe Peyronnin | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
Should the massive protests end up over turning the election and Mousavi becomes president, Iranian nuclear development is not likely to be stopped.
Michael Whitney | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business
Yesterday, CNBC reporters made a ridiculous, irresponsible statement. They compared the aftermath of Iran's recent election to what would happen under the Employee Free Choice Act.
Jeremy J. Stone | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
After May polls showed that Ahmadinejad would lose the election, Ayatollah Yazdi gave the Interior Ministry employees a Fatwa authorizing the changing of votes.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media