DemocracyNow!: Guatemala has formally apologized to the family of former president Jacobo Arbenz, 57 years after the U.S.-backed coup that ousted him from office. At a ceremony on Thursday, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom asked Arbenz’s family for forgiveness....

It's good to put faces to all the unnamed Yemenis suffering under dictatorship partly because of our government:

I wrote today about drone technology and how it is advancing faster than the public or the law can get a grip on it as the new weapon of choice in America's many war zones. I mentioned how soldiers in Afghanistan will soon be able to carry drones in their backpacks...

Cato's Chris Preble writes: Qaddafi’s death does not validate the original decision to launch military operations without authorization from Congress. The Libyan operation did not advance a vital national security interest, a point that former secretary of defense...

Latest Update: When WDAV insisted on keeping Lisa Simeone as a host of  "World of Opera," NPR dropped "World of Opera" Friday from the list of shows it distributes nationally. WDAV says it will now distribute the show itself, and that Simeone isn't going anywhere....

The Telegraph reports: "The meeting between Dr Fox, Mr Werritty and the head of Mossad will raise further concerns about Mr Werritty’s role and his connections to the Ministry of Defence. It has emerged that Mr Werritty has met several Iranian and Israeli figures in...

Michele Bachmann in last night's presidential debate: Cutting back on foreign aid is one thing. Being reimbursed by nations that we have liberated is another. We should look to Iraq and Libya to reimburse us for part of what we have done to liberate these nations....

I'm consistently amazed at how very smart people can be fooled by the Obama administration's (and his predecessors') fraudulent humanitarian rationale for war. Well, as if we need any more evidence, Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy has recently articulated another nook...