In the coming weeks and months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to "dedicate himself to derailing any prospect for a diplomatic breakthrough" between the United States and Iran. And the reasons have nothing at all to do with Iran's nuclear program....
According to government officials speaking to the New York Times, traditional mainstream newspaper reporting of a single incident last month caused more damage to national security than everything Edward Snowden leaked. As the nation’s spy agencies assess the fallout...
Given the divisive political climate up on Capitol Hill right now, one might think the greatest liability to the Obama administration for its positive reaction to Iran's diplomatic overtures would be Republicans who prefer sanctions and war over détente. But one would...
This interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on ABC's This Week is well worth watching, despite the horrible Stephanopoulos. Breaking News
People involved in politics almost invariably engage in confirmation bias. It's easy to welcome ideas that bolster what you already believe, than to deal with facts and evidence that seem to puncture your own opinions. If there are two seasoned politicians in...
At the Pike County Justice Court in Mississippi, Judge Aubrey Rimes expelled Mr. Jageet Singh from the courtroom, telling his attorney that he'd better remove "that rag" (his turban) from his head or go to jail. That sounds bad enough, right? But how'd he get into the...
The diplomacy with Iran is proceeding slowly in the days following the almost-handshake at the UN earlier this week. While skepticism is warranted, as I've written, there is a chorus of right-wing fear-mongers really upset about the prospect of detente with Iran. See,...
Children tend to have a tough time focusing on too many ideas at once. The same goes for adults who have the brain capacity of children. Syria stories obviously soared in the media over the past month, and rightly so given that the Obama administration was going drag...
Ideally, the question of whether it's wise for America to support allegedly "moderate" elements within the Syrian opposition should have been settled when thousands of foreign fighters were reported flooding into Syria for "jihad." Or maybe when rebels were caught...
Human Rights Watch: Israeli military forces should cease actions in a West Bank Bedouin community that were apparently intended to displace the residents without lawful justification. The military demolished all homes in the community on September 16, 2013, and...
