Afghanistan: A Whole New Approach
When you massively intervene in a country as much as the U.S. has in Afghanistan, you can't responsibly just walk away. We must lead with what works -- development.
When you massively intervene in a country as much as the U.S. has in Afghanistan, you can't responsibly just walk away. We must lead with what works -- development.
Reuters | Sangwon Yoon | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
Tony Blair, the Middle East envoy for the "Quartet" of powers - the European Union, the United States, Russia and the United Nations, was assailed by ...
Alfred Gingold | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York
150 years after his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown looms ever larger in the national psyche, either a great martyr to a just and necessary cause, or our first domestic terrorist.
Robert Scheer | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
What we need is for Obama to pull a Nixon and attempt to cut a deal with Tehran as well as with competing forces in Afghanistan that meets their nationalist aspirations and our security interests.
Gloria Duffy | Posted 09.23.2009 | World
The Scots made a moral tradeoff in the wrong direction by releasing the Lockerbie bomber. Here are just a few of the flaws in the thinking behind this decision.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
Ted Kennedy is putting both his legacy and his sense of entitlement to his office before the interests of his constituents.
Carne Ross | Posted 09.05.2009 | World
Clinton's trip to North Korea sends a clear message: hostage-taking gets results. Tehran, Hizbollah, Pyongyang and other violent groups across the world will be taking notes.
Inter Press Service | Posted 09.03.2009 | World
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani | Inter Press Service CAIRO, Aug 4 (IPS) - The Egyptian government is now accusing the Muslim Brotherhoo...
Mike Papantonio | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
U.S. relations with the Saudi royal family trumped the importance of 3,000 9-11 murders. That was the opinion of the U.S. State Department during the...
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
It seemed okay in 2008 for a University Professor to harass a Muslim student and get away with it.
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Roeder is claiming the now-infamous "ticking time bomb" scenario of what can only be termed domestic terrorism. Doesn't this mean that he should immediately be waterboarded?
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.
Etan Bednarsh | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics
The reason I care about Archie's upcoming nuptials has to do with why I read the comics in the first place, and that, in turn, explains why some on the left are upset with President Obama.
Wes Isley | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics
As President Obama discusses how to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and what to do with its inmates, some of our leaders have lost complete faith in the ability of our justice and correctional systems to function.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 05.28.2009 | World
The video installation by the Palestinian graphic artist Sharif Waked, sums up the sentiments of many Muslims who are repulsed by the "death industry" propagated by cowardly terrorists.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.17.2009 | World
Dr. Post offers a step-by-step approach for political, military and ideological actions to induce behavioral, emotional and attitudinal changes to manage and minimize a "war" we just can't win.
Richard Walden | Posted 05.11.2009 | World
Changing U.S. policy towards Cuba is the low-hanging fruit on President Obama's foreign policy agenda. Change can be accomplished at the stroke of a pen.
Elisabeth Braw | Posted 05.07.2009 | World
Hamas has studied Disney. Hamas' own Mickey Mouse, Farfour, starred in a TV show - also available on the internet - until he was killed by Israelis.
Christopher Brauchli | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics
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Naazish YarKhan | Posted 03.08.2009 | Entertainment
Pakistani-American author, Shaila Abdullah's writing focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of Pakistani women and their often unconventional choices in life.
Mallika Chopra | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living
Whether it is an illness, foreclosure, or a messy divorce, there are many difficult life challenges that all of us and our loved ones will one day have to face.
GroundReport | Posted 02.27.2009 | World
Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism platform that covers world news from the ground. By Jamil Bhatti ISLAMABAD-- Escal...
Elisabeth Braw | Posted 02.27.2009 | World
Ten years ago, when Dr. Gabriel Weimann, a communications professor at the University of Haifa, started monitoring terrorist websites, there were 12. Today there are over 6,850.
Eric Margolis | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics
Just when we thought it was impossible for the calamitous George Bush and Svengali Dick Cheney to do any more damage to the world or to America's inte...
Matt Stewart | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living
It's only natural that after our most recent 12-month carnival, 2007 would seem relatively blah. Every now and then, history lays an egg. What happened in 1957? 1910? 1887-1897?
Jim Wallis | Posted 10.29.2009 | World