The Fall of the House of Bush

Daniel Koffler douses the Ron Paul fund-raising brouhahardy-har-har cooked up by Jamie Kirchick and Daniel Sieradski. (Shockingly, Sieradski is employed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which I used to think was a serious news outlet.) I have nothing to add to...

Our Man in Uzbekistan

Mukasey’s Contempt for Law

The Iran Agenda

Visit Lobelog.com for the latest news analysis and commentary from Inter Press News Service's Washington bureau chief Jim Lobe. In my last post, I argued that the release by the U.S. military of nine Iranians, including two of the five officials seized in Irbil last...

A letter from Eric, a reader, who elaborates on the theme of my column today on "Dynasties and Democracy": I wish to point out that there have been other American observers who noted the rise of dynastic politics in the United States . To be specific: Kevin Phillips,...

It has been so obvious this week that it seemed a bit like piling on to observe that Saakashvili's declaration of a state of emergency (like a certain other allied dictatorial ruler we know) and violent repression of civilian protesters are just the latest expression...

Of course, Saakashvili's "Rose Revolution" never was a democratic movement.  That much is obvious.  So it would be deeply mistaken to describe the continued U.S. backing of Saakashvili as a contradiction or betrayal of the "freedom agenda"--the "freedom agenda"...

New York Times headline: "Georgian Leader Says Emergency Rule to Last as Needed." As needed -- for what? Funny you should ask ....