Gore Vidal, a longtime critic of American imperialism, died Tuesday. He was 86. Jesse Walker and John Nichols have posted notable obituaries, and Salon.com has compiled several of Vidal's memorable television appearances. For those interested in exploring Vidal's...
A new poll finds 80% of Americans think Iran has a nuclear weapons program and that it is a threat to the US and its NATO allies. The poll, commissioned by The Israel Project, asked likely voters and found "72% of Democrats, 81% of independents and 89% of Republicans...
Via Allison Deger at Mondoweiss: "Haaretz reported settlement spending has skyrocketed by 38% since 2010,reaching a two-decade high of $1.1 billion. Historically this level of funding was surpassed only once in 1993 during the post-Oslo boom in Israeli control over...
CNN's Christiane Amanpour asked Sudan’s Ambassador to the UK, Abdullahi Alazreg on Monday whether Sudan will hand over the country’s president, Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court. Alazreg responded by saying that...
Earlier this month, the UN Security Council Committee Chairman issued a letter warning against the increased use of drones over the skies of Somalia, saying such actions may violate international law. Excerpt: The number of reports concerning the use of Unmanned...
Paul Wolfowitz, sort of the Don of neoconservatism, still believes US aggression in the Middle East can proliferate democracy: Wolfowitz just lets the question about post-war chaos and sectarianism wash over him. Iraq and Syria are different, he says. Actually,...
Via Glenn Greenwald, Bruce Ackerman on Obama and the rule of law:
Spinning plates can get confusing. For months, the war hawks in Washington have been vigorously calling for an intervention in Syria. Depending on the direction the wind was blowing that day, they might have been arguing for intervention to stop the bloodshed, or they...
As we all know, it is very right and good to excuse President Obama for not coming through as the peace candidate he used to be on issues like Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc. Hope and Change will have to wait until we tackle those existential threats. But how about...
