Shame on the Democratic presidential frontrunners for not raising this subject more often. Shame on reporters who take the shibboleth from the White House as if it were fact.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics
It's taken a terribly long time for Rice -- no Mid-East expert either before, during, or after her 7th year in this administration -- to understand that "elections" do not constitute "democracy."
Russ Wellen | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics
The death and forced relocation of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis can no longer be ignored. The citizens of every American city or town need to provide jobs and lodging for Iraqis.
Raghida Dergham | Posted 12.22.2007 | Politics
The US has become interested once again in a leading role regarding Lebanon to correct the errors that have hurt the model of democracy, the reputation of the US and Bush himself.
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 11.27.2007 | Business
Why we would pretend that labor rights can be enforced as a secondary issue in countries around the world--when we can't even enforce basic labor rights here--exposes the true fallacy of so-called "free trade."
Cheryl Saban | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics
Having the opportunity of experiencing lovely differences allows me to humanize the complicated issues of the Middle East in a way not quite possible from a distance.
Andy Worthington | Posted 11.06.2007 | Politics
Despite the rumors that the US administration is hoping to close Guantánamo, it is still holding men without charge or trial who should never have been imprisoned in the first place.
Queen Rania of Jordan | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics
To hear some in the West, all Arab women are backward and oppressed... while some Arabs assume all American women are desperate housewives seeking sex in the city.
Bill Frelick | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics
Washington's failure to provide support for Iraqi refugees in Syria has only punished the refugees, not the Syrian government.
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 10.03.2007 | Politics
We are failing to keep our most precious allies safe from harm. The endless bureaucratic hurdles imposed upon them by the United States are literally a matter of life and death.
Jane Wells | Posted 09.27.2007 | Politics
The email I have just received from an Iraqi friend, S, who was working for a U.S. aid agency in Iraq is particularly haunting to me.
Marjorie Cohn | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics
Cheney's mission was to sound out the reaction to a forthcoming bombing of Iran's nuclear sites by the U.S. from Jordan's King Abdullah and President Mubarak of Egypt. They both rejected the idea.
Taylor Marsh | Posted 09.12.2007 | Politics
As for what Congress can do right now on Iraq, there was no answer from Obama's team. Silence often screams. We will soon see what plays out.
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Lionel Beehner | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics