During the last 4 years the dispute over the implementation of Nobel´s prize for the "champions of peace" has come to a head. The Norwegian awarders seem to reinterpret Nobel´s wishes and award the prize for whatever in their judgment is good and valuable, based on "a...
Yesterday, Daily Kos posted the sad news that Jeff Huber died. Huber, a retired Navy commander, loved to skewer the powerful and the pretentious, but he never let outrage diminish his wit. If you have never sampled his inimitable blend of humor and insight, take a...
Speaking before a broad collection of the Israeli Lobby at AIPAC, President Obama followed up a week of repeated threats to attack Iran by warning of "loose talk" about attacking Iran. We learned last week that Israel, the presumptive aggressor in he upcoming war,...
Despite the words of friendship, the diverging perspectives of the Obama administration and the Netanyahu government on key issues in the Middle East – the Arab uprisings, the Palestinian issue and the Iranian nuclear program – are profound. The dispute on the nuclear...
The Nobel Prize Foundation and other Nobel Prize Awarding Institutions should be thanked for their century-long efforts to educate and hopefully bring about more peace in the world. At the same time, however, these institutions must be made aware that their efforts...
Apparently White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was caught stumbling for an answer recently on Afghanistan. Via Glenn Greenwald, George Zornick at Nation followed up: Finally, ABC’s Jake Tapper asked Carney when was “the last time US troops in Afghanistan killed...
The breaking news right now is that Syrian opposition fighters in Homs have withdrawn from the city, saying their decision was based on "worsening humanitarian conditions, lack of food and medicine and water, electricity and communication cuts as well as shortages in...
Thought I would draw quick attention to these poll results from Maryland professor and Brookings Institution scholar Shibley Telhami. "Only 19 percent of Israelis polled expressed support for an attack without U.S. backing," writes Telhami, "according to a poll I...
You know, I don't give military officials enough credit sometimes. NIAC reports on a CSIS panel last week, quoting former military officials on whether or not to attack Iran: "We are reaching this crescendo of talk - just constant - war, war, war," said former CENTCOM...
There was a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee today on legislation proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein that would make clear that the U.S. government may not indefinitely detain American citizens without charge or trial, notwithstanding the language in NDAA...
