Neocons Salivate Over the Chance for Another Middle East War
"Standing up" for Mr. Mousavi would get him painted as an American puppet, a disaster for reformers.
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The Night Of The Living Neocons: Salon
Salon | Gary Kamiya | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics
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Like Rasputin, the unhinged "Mad Monk" whom they sometimes seem to have adopted as an intellectual role model, the neoconservatives who brought us the...
Why American Neo-Cons Wanted Ahmadinejad to Win
Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
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It is unfortunate that Ahmadinejad is apparently remaining in office despite the fact that the United States now has a reformer in the White House.
Open Letter to Robert Kagan
Matthew Duss | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media
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You can't actually believe that Obama is "siding with the Iranian regime" against the Iranian people, or that his outreach to Iran depends upon keeping hardliners in power, can you?
Odd News
Jeff Dorchen | Posted 07.10.2009 | Entertainment
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Odd News and a new play: watch the preparatory video for Strauss at Midnight by Jeff Dorchen.
The GOP Shall Rise Again! (Or Not)
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics
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Republicans must not take comfort from 1968. They must take it as a warning sign.
Who Do You Despise More, Dick or Liz?
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
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The Cheneys are seeking to lay the groundwork for a "Who Lost America?" debate should there be another terrorist attack during the Obama presidency.
Why Mortimer Zuckerman Has No Credibility On Iran
Kamran Pasha | Posted 06.11.2009 | World
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I have to thank Mortimer Zuckerman. It was because of him that I became one of the first successful Muslims in Hollywood. But before I explain that ...
The End of "U.S. Vs. Them" for Israel
Ethan Pack | Posted 06.08.2009 | World
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If there is a Hezbullah victory in Lebanon, the U.S. and E.U. will have to decide whether to deal with a functional, elected Arab government despite its militant antagonism toward Israel.
The Victory of the Neoconservatives
Bernard I. Finel | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics
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Let us make no mistake; the new defense budget unveiled earlier this month marks the final victory of the neoconservative worldview.
Dick Cheney: Through the Cracked Moral Compass, Darkly
Brian Ross | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
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Should it be surprising that Dick Cheney, the guy who is the chief architect of the morally and ethically bankrupt Bush Administration policies on eve...
Cheney is Dead Wrong: Obama's Fundamental Reset of American Foreign Policy Will Make America Safer and More Prosperous
Robert Creamer | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics
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Obama's recent trips to the G-20 and the Summit of the Americas have underscored his fundamental realignment of American foreign policy.
Taxing THC: Turning Old New York into New New Amsterdam
Warren Holstein | Posted 05.09.2009 | Comedy
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Bollocks! How is that California, the crossroads of implants, spray tans and superficiality, has a leg up on the Empire State, on the possible legalization and taxation of Cannabis sativa?
CON GAMES: Real Bonus Babies in Defense Budget
Michael Conniff | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics
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Earmarks and entitlements are chickenfeed compared to defense spending, but to conservatives the Defense Department has always been sacrosanct.
The Radical Middle Wins in Iowa -- Gay Marriage and the Power of Progressive Centrism
Bill Shireman | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics
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The Iowa decision illustrates that progress is possible when principled people on the left and right set aside their cultural preferences, and examine their beliefs at a deeper level.
The New Neocon Alliance with Obama
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics
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This morning leading neoconservatives such as William Kristol and Robert Kagan held a meeting at the Mayflower Hotel -- in support of President Obama's Afghanistan policy.
Douglas Feith (and the Times) are Silly
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media
The editors of our major, failing newspapers seem perfectly comfortable with printing foreign policy advice from men who would be arrested in other countries for war crimes.
Con Games: Cry, Beloved Neocons
Michael Conniff | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics
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Can you remember a recent example of an Administration using a crisis to pound through an unrelated agenda? Earth to neoconservatives: here we go again.
Defeating Freeman: A Patriotic Duty
Alan Dershowitz | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics
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Those who successfully challenged the nomination of Charles W. Freeman, Jr. to become chairman of the National Intelligence Council should be praised for an act of high patriotism.
Neocons Win Big Victory Over Obama: Charles Freeman Resigns
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
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Charles Freeman's withdrawal is a big victory for the neocons -- and an even bigger embarrassment for the Obama administration.
A Child Preaches as Conservatism Dies
Brandt Goldstein | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
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Once conservatism is seen as something of a religion it's not surprising that the various would-be saviors of the conservative movement seem more like preachers than politicians.
GOP Political Darwinism: Who's Adapting and Who's Going Extinct?
Mark Nickolas | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
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David Brooks is one of the few conservative voices who have shown to be a lot more right than wrong over the past few years when it comes to the ever-shifting dynamics in American politics.
Foreign Policy, Not the Economy, May Define the Obama Presidency
David Paul | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics
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Even as the Obama administration may be consumed by efforts to stem the recession, we appear to be at a tipping point in foreign affairs.
Richard Perle's Apologia
Thomas Frank | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics
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Governing was always difficult for conservatives, but as they return to the opposition, they are rediscovering their skill at blame evasion.
How Bush's Policies in the Muslim World Played into Terrorists' Hands -- Can Obama Reverse Course?
Robert Creamer | Posted 03.26.2009 | World
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What the Bush policy on terrorism ignored was that more than anything else people want a sense of meaning and identity -- and their corollary: respect.
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