So the Obama administration is moving forward with a plan to prosecute some CIA agents who went beyond the guidelines the Bush administration authorized for extreme interrogations. This is good news. But will the torture policymakers be exempt from the law? If so,...
With President Barack Obama heading to Martha's Vineyard for a long vacation away from touting the "success" of the Iraq War and promoting the Afghan War's escalation this weekend, he is going to be greeted with a lot of ads critical of his health care plan. And...
Reuters reports: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe stepped closer to re-election on Tuesday when a congressional committee approved a bill aimed at allowing him to run for a third term next May, but a tough vote looms in the full House. The measure, calling for a...
Guy Raz, weekend host of All Things Considered, has threatened Antiwar.com with legal action over "claims" made in an opinion piece today, "New Think-Tank Seeks to Regulate Historical Analogies." (No, I'm not joking.) I offer my deepest apologies to Mr. Raz for...
Military enthusiasts in Pennsylvania have begun re-enacting, not the Civil War, but the Vietnam War. The stated purpose is to honor and pay tribute to Vietnam veterans. "It was time for us to be proud of what were called on to do, even though it turned out to be a...
Following up on the brief detention of Shahrukh Khan, one of India's most famous actors, at a US airport, the star of the upcoming "My Name Is Khan," which explores the treatment of people with Muslim surnames in the United States, says that he will never again visit...
Indian Press Slams "American Paranoia" in Wake of Detention The Indian government has formally demanded an explanation from the US for the detention of Shahrukh Khan, one of India's most famous actors, at a Newark Airport. Khan was traveling to Chicago to attend an...
At 8:16 on the morning of August 6, 1945, the world got a glimpse of its own mortality. At that moment, the city of Hiroshima was obliterated by a fireball that sent waves of searing heat, then a deafening concussion, across the landscape. Three days later, a second...
Former Forward editor in chief J.J. Goldberg has a fairly positive reputation among progressive Jews, and although he has never been a radical about Israel or the Middle East, neither is he a reflexive hawk or neoconservative. Hence it is particularly disappointing to...
The current government is Iran is a bunch of damn rascals and thugs, and there are boatloads of questions about the honesty of their last election. The regime's brutal crackdown on protestors reveals its true character. (But the Iranian government is not novel in this...
