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The Good Old Days

United States President Barack Obama's decision to name Robert Ford as the new ambassador to Syria to fill a post that has been vacant since 2005 has been warmly received

The New Deal in Reverse

On March 4, 1933, the day he took office, Franklin Roosevelt excoriated the “money changers” who “have fled from their high seats in the temples of our civilization [because...] they

What might we expect on the anniversary of the Islamic revolution on Thursday, February 11?

We know now that both sides are planning demonstrations. The state is planning the usual rallies that they organize to mark the anniversary of the revolution, and the opposition is

Operation Breakfast Redux

he CIA’s escalating drone war in the Pakistani tribal borderlands and Richard Nixon’s secret bombing campaign against the Cambodian equivalent, argues Pratap Chatterjee.

Features: Promoting Democracy to Stop Terror, Revisted

U.s. democracy promotion in the Middle East has suffered a series of crippling defeats. Despite occasionally paying lip service to the idea, few politicians on either the left or right

What Americans think about Muslims

WASHINGTON, DC: The American people and their openness to Muslim communities will in many ways determine the success of US President Barack Obama’s global engagement initiative,

Copts Abroad: tone down the language

The Christmas Eve attack that left 6 Copts and one Muslim man dead on January 6, has reignited the Coptic community living abroad’s charge to Washington, demanding President Barack Obama

Members of U.S. Congress Ask President Obama to End the Blockade of Gaza

54 Members of the House of Representatives led by Congressman Ellison of Minnesota and Congressman McDermott from Washington State signed a letter to President Obama asking his Administration to lift

The Right Gets Itself ‘Wired’

Americans are drenched in right-wing messaging, which stresses that the enemy is Big Government, not Big Business. The anti-government propaganda seeks to make sure that no meaningful restrictions will be

Obama’s Budget Ducks Pentagon Cuts

The real answer as to why there is no defense spending freeze: Because Democrats are always scared of being called 'wimps' on national security issues — likely the same reason