May 17, 2008
Jimmy Carter's mom loooooved the Dodgers -- the Brooklyn Dodgers. The former president told me so when I interviewed him this week: "She adopted the Dodgers as her team because of them letting Jackie Robinson play," and she journeyed from Georgia to Brooklyn to see his first...
Robert Naiman | Posted May 9, 2008 | Politics
The right-wing spin machine would have you believe that former President Carter only represented himself when he went to the Middle East, and met with Hamas leaders in efforts to challenge the destructive Bush Administration policy of trying to exclude Hamas from efforts at Israeli-Palestinian peace by imposing a blockade...
Robert Naiman | Posted May 8, 2008 | Politics
Many Jews around the world are celebrating Israel's 60th birthday this week. Mazl tov!
Let us recall this week a wonderful Jewish tradition, shared by other faiths and nations around the world throughout history. Those who have been blessed share their blessings with the less fortunate.
Fans of Yiddish...
AP | May 7, 2008
Tavis Smiley | Posted May 7, 2008 | Politics
Earlier today, I sat down with former President Jimmy Carter for a wide-ranging conversation about the current presidential race, world affairs and his new book, A Remarkable Mother.
I also specifically asked him about the damage done to America's reputation around the globe over the past several years and what...
Allan Gerson | Posted May 6, 2008 | Politics
When I was a U.S. government prosecutor during the Carter Administration, the first thing we came to understand is that the rule of law requires the equal application of the law. Today, in the wake of former President Carter's unauthorized talks with Hamas leaders, the issue is whether our laws...
Charlie Rose | Posted May 1, 2008 | Politics
Former President Jimmy Carter continues to travel around the world on behalf of the Carter Center. His contributions toward global health, peace and human rights earned him a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. I recently spoke with him about the issue of moral equivalency in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and about...
Richard 'Skip' Bronson | Posted May 1, 2008 | Business
A Los Angeles based motorcycle club has a saying: "Be good to us and we'll be better to you. Be bad to us and we'll be worse to you." Developers who were used to having the banks line up at our doors and be very, very good to us can...
The Huffington Post | April 28, 2008 11:42 PM
Jonathan Tasini | Posted April 28, 2008 | Politics
A week ago, I wrote about Jimmy Carter's meeting with representatives of Hamas. Carter had a simple idea: you only make peace with your enemies and you can only make peace when you talk to your enemies. Today, Carter explains his position more fully in public.
He...
AP | VERENA DOBNIK | April 24, 2008
Huffington Post | April 23, 2008 04:02 PM
Jonathan Tasini | Posted April 21, 2008 | Politics
Every day that Jimmy Carter continues his works of peace and humanitarian outreach justifies the day that I cast my first vote in a presidential election for him some... okay, a lot of years ago. His recent foray to establish another line of communication with Hamas is another act of...
David Fiderer | Posted April 20, 2008 | Business
Andrea Mitchell made a feeble attempt to cut through John McCain's doublespeak.
MITCHELL: You know, you've added up and you talked about some $300 billion in savings -- pork barrel savings. Independent experts say that your tax cuts would cost at least $100 billion more than you say and...
Robert Naiman | Posted April 18, 2008 | Politics
Former President Jimmy Carter, speaking in Cairo, stated the obvious: the blockade of Gaza is a "crime" and an "atrocity," Reuters reports.
"It's an atrocity what is being perpetrated as punishment on the people in Gaza. it's a crime... I think it is an abomination that this continues to...
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted April 18, 2008 | Politics
Cairo--By coincidence I was in Cairo today when former President Jimmy Carter arrived here to meet with a delegation from Hamas over the vociferous objections of Israel and the United States. I had served as Deputy Senior Advisor for Middle East Affairs in Carter's White House, and was on the...
Jamal Dajani | Posted April 18, 2008 | Politics
Shunned by Israeli political leaders, former US president Jimmy Carter met with a Hamas representative in the West Bank and says he will go ahead with plans to meet with the leader of Hamas and the Syrian President in Damascus to promote peace in the Middle East.
More...
Al Eisele | Posted April 17, 2008 | Living
As a Catholic, I'm watching with great interest the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the U.S., even though I had only a glimpse of him as he left the White House Wednesday after his meeting with President Bush.
Benedict is the seventh pope in my lifetime, beginning with Pius...
Robert Naiman | Posted April 17, 2008 | Politics
At last, at long last. There will be a hard money lobby in Washington that represents progressives on Israel/Palestine issues, that lobbies for Israeli/Palestinian peace, that acts as a counterweight to AIPAC.
It's called "J Street." (As in, K street with a J.) The full name is: "Americans for...
Robert Naiman | Posted April 16, 2008 | Politics
I don't feel the least bit sorry for Jimmy Carter, who, predictably, is being pilloried for his plans to meet the exiled leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshal, in Syria on Friday.
As Pete Seeger once said of the victims of McCarthyism: don't mourn those who fought. Don't mourn the...
On Tuesday night's "Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert had fun with...
From the AP: Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a...
*** UPDATED BELOW *** President Bush has said repeatedly that he would not insert himself into the...
Utterly insane goings-on tonight on...
It's a pretty well known fact that most women - attractive women -...
Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two...
Tonight, Keith Olbermann unleashed what may well have been his...
The AP reports on Obama's swift and forceful response to Bush and McCain's criticism of...
The Tennessee GOP hasn't yet had their fill of Obama dirty tricks. A few months ago,...
The Democratic Party has finally decided who's going to break it to Hillary that it's time...
Sixteen tips for getting good sleep. There's a lot of advice out there about getting good...
Patt Morrison | Posted May 9, 2008 | Living