p m carpenter’s commentary: The last Red Scare Portions of President Obama’s unintentionally public remarks at a private Chicago fundraiser this week received boundless media exposure, especially those about Paul Ryan’s towering hypocrisy and the GOP’s downright goofy attempt…
Greg Sargent – Vote on Ryan Budget Will Cost the GOP the House “We’re creating a national framework on choices,” Israel said. “The choice I hope our members talk about at home is a budget that gives you a $100,000…
Wounded Elephant Screechings – Swampland – TIME.com Republican World has become a very self-referential place, only vaguely in touch with reality. There is Fox News, there is the Weekly Standard, Powerline and the other clautrophobic blogs, there is Rush and…
FT.com / Comment / Opinion – Brent Scowcroft: Obama must broker a new Mideast peace What is required is to summon the will of Israeli and Palestinian leaders, led by a determined American president, to forge the various elements into…
The Goldstone Chronicles – NYTimes.com Goldstone, a Jew who takes his Jewishness seriously, has been pilloried by Israel. He fell afoul, as perhaps no other, of the siege mentality of a nation controlling the lives of millions of Palestinians…
The Arab awakening and Syrian exceptionalism by Alastair Crooke | The Middle East Channel In Western culture, a profound crisis demands due seriousness: A graven-faced president would sit behind an imposing desk, with the symbolic tokens of authority, and with…
Israel’s left needs to wise up to Middle East reality – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News Within a day Mer-Khamis would become an icon. On Saturday night thousands would gather holding torches to mourn the peace hero and…