Obama and the Persian Treasures in Chicago

Trita Parsi, 03.06.2009

A most unlikely case in a Chicago courtroom has the potential to derail President Obama's efforts to engage Iran.

What Will Republicans Do Without 'War on Terror' Talking Point?

Taylor Marsh, 03.02.2009

Political analyst, commentator, and strategist.

Chris Wallace could deduce only one thing: If people don't say "war on terror" then the extremists win. It was an exercise in juvenile journalism, but Wallace was determined.

Kreskin's Predictions for 2009

The Amazing Kreskin, 12.31.2008

2009 Prediction: There will be a growing movement in the US to follow in the steps of England, and that is to restrict, discourage, or even ban cell phones in restaurants.

Guantanamo: The Definitive Prisoner List

Andy Worthington, 03.05.2009

Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files"

I've just published the first definitive list of the 779 prisoners who have been held in the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba (available in four p...

Barack Obama and the American Dream

Lauri Lyons, 01.29.2009

The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.

Hope as a Counterterrorism Policy?

Lydia Khalil, 02.25.2009

International Affairs and Terrorism Analyst

Hope as a Counterterrorism Strategy? Lydia Khalil After the historic presidential elections in the United States, messages poured in from around th...

A Post-"Muslim World", Muslim World

M. Zuhdi Jasser, 02.17.2009

The 'Muslim world' is not monolithic. Giving it a simple description as a singular political entity based in a faith practice directly feeds into the language of the theocrats -- the Islamists.

Welcome to the final stages of the coup...

Larisa Alexandrovna, 09.20.2008

UPDATES AT BOTTOM If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it. ~ Julius Caesar In 2000, the long fought for and ...

My Uncensored Interview with Deepak Chopra

Michelle Haimoff, 12.03.2008

Author and Journalist

I spoke to Chopra Tuesday and gave him the opportunity to speak candidly about censorship in the media, the new patriotism, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, and latent anti-Muslim racism in the United States.

Ayers and the McCain-G. Gordon Liddy Symbiosis

Carl Bernstein, 10.13.2008

There has been virtually nothing on the Liddy-McCain relationship in the major newspapers and broadcast networks -- is Liddy any less a domestic terrorist than Bill Ayers?

Testicles

John Seery, 06.27.2008

Professor of Politics at Pomona College

In attempting to prevent a calamity, in matching wits with our despicable opponent, we have abandoned certain restraining principles, and in the process, become a moral monster.

9 Is Not 11

Arundhati Roy, 12.12.2008

November isn't September, 2008 isn't 2001, Pakistan isn't Afghanistan, and India isn't America. So perhaps we should reclaim our tragedy and pick through the debris with our own brains and our own broken hearts so that we can arrive at our own conclusions.

A Fuller and More Personal Response to Dorothy Rabinowitz's Attack on Me in the Wall Street Journal

Deepak Chopra, 12.03.2008

Author, Sirius radio host, founder of the Alliance for a New Humanity

To trivialize my views on a topic as vast of of terrorism with "Deepak Blames America," as Ms. Rabinowitz has done, not only suggests how abysmally uninformed she is, but also speaks to the ever-sinking journalistic standards of her newspaper.

Afghanistan's Biofuel Revolution

Robbie Gennet, 02.19.2009

Writer of words and music, rider of waves, grower of organic fruit!

Seeing the news that President Obama is sending more troops into Afghanistan, our gaze turns from Iraq to the place where the Taliban has made a resur...

Photos From Israel That You Won't See on the News

Ilana Teitelbaum, 01.05.2009

Freelance Writer and Editor living in downtown Jerusalem

Israel is not media savvy -- we have installed warning systems and bomb shelters. No casualties means no photos, which means that many incidents aren't even covered by the media.

Twenty Years of Dick's Tricks Got Us Here

Melissa Rossi, 02.04.2009

Author, What Every American Should Know about the Middle East, http://www.whateveryamericanshouldknow.com

Enemy-Maker, Arms Dealer, User of Controversial Weapons Cheney had a curious knack for finding foes when his defense budgets were under the gun For b...