Government by Lynch Mob -- Obama Should Ignore Critics and Just Lead
On issue after issue, Obama is acting like he is soon to run for re-election, instead of being a president with a massive mandate still only months into his administration.
On issue after issue, Obama is acting like he is soon to run for re-election, instead of being a president with a massive mandate still only months into his administration.
John Feffer | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
We have our suicide bombers -- we call them heroes. We have our culture of indoctrination -- we call it basic training. We kill civilians -- we call it collateral damage.
AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 09.02.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is looking at creating a courtroom-within-a-prison complex in the U.S. to house suspected terrorists, comb...
Tomek Gross | Posted 08.31.2009 | World
When asked about rates of depression, mental problems, and suicide among the detainee population, the chief psychiatrist reminds us that we all suffer from anxieties and stresses.
ProPublica | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics
As the Obama administration and Congress try to forge a legal framework for detaining suspected terrorists, they might want to take a close look at wh...
Gordon Adams | Posted 08.13.2009 | World
Where are the Afghans? Gordon Adams 8 July 2009 "What I need is more Afghans," Says General Nicolson. "We can't read these people; we're different...
AFP | Posted 07.28.2009 | Politics
The White House dismissed reports that it has drafted an executive order allowing indefinite detention in the United States of some of the top terror...
Lancashire Telegraph | Posted 07.11.2009 | World
PRIMARY school pupils are to be shown a film about the dangers of terrorists as part of an organised safety day....
Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
The minute Ted Kaczynski makes a run for it out of the Supermax in Colorado is the minute I'll agree that it's unsafe to bring the Gitmo detainees to the US.
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's allies in the Senate will not provide funds to close the Guantanamo Bay prison until the administration co...
Shannyn Moore | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics
If a picture tells a thousand words, the pictures now being held back by Obama, scream volumes. Their testimony demands the light of day much like the men in our containment.
Haaretz | Amos Harel | Posted 06.18.2009 | World
The Shin Bet security service has warned Israeli citizens to beware of attempts by terrorist groups to recruit them as agents via Facebook and other s...
Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 06.08.2009 | World
No single issue that has fueled the flames of anti-Americanism in Pakistan more than the bombings of their country by our Predator drones.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics
The GOP clearly sees a chink in the Obama armor when it comes to the closure of Guantanamo Bay. A jarring new advertisement on the subject released by...
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.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.07.2009 | World
President Obama knows the United States has been losing these wars and also knows the terrible impact these wars have had on a group of people when they are labeled and targeted.
Independent | Mark Hughes | Posted 04.28.2009 | World
Two hundred schoolchildren in Britain, some as young as 13, have been identified as potential terrorists by a police scheme that aims to spot youngste...
Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics
Terrorism. Terrorists. Since the planes flew into the World Trade towers on September 11, 2001, these words have become almost synonymous with Islam and being a Muslim.
Paulette Cooper | Posted 03.11.2009 | Politics
Now that our government is abandoning the coercive methods of the past, they might look into "truth serum" as a more humane (and in instances like mine, more effective) method of eliciting the truth.
The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 03.01.2009 | World
With President Obama announcing the closure of the infamous Guantanamo detention center within the year, the talk has immediately turned to the fate o...
Indra Adnan | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics
Perhaps all that is needed is a good role model for soft power: someone who seeks to engage rather than stand off, capable of dialogue not just debate.
Diane Francis | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
The United States cannot afford to take any risks. President Obama, and his family, must live in a bubble all their days in office. Handshaking, baby-kissing and plunging into crowds must be forbidden.
Bill Folman | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
I ask that you take a moment to answer the following questions and determine whether you have the skill and the know-how to vote responsibly for our next president.
Scott Swenson | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics
McCain has previously said he was "proud of everyone attending our rallies" which includes Paul Schenck who has been linked to numerous acts of violence, including the murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian.
236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home
According to Jonathan Martin at Politico, the "cavalry apparently isn't coming" for the McCain camp. It seems that many Republicans were thinking that...
Ray Hanania | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics