The alleged use of deadly chemical weapons by the Syrian regime against civilians and opponents on the anniversary of President Barack Obama’s “red line” statement might have marked the collapse of Obama’s foreign policy–if such policy actually existed. In fact,
As Congress returns from recess next month following August’s town hall battles over immigration, it will take up the ever-controversial issue of the debt ceiling, plus tax reform. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew will be at the center of the
Al Jazeera America’s slogan is: “There’s more to it.” The Qatari government-owned channel clearly wants viewers to look past its sensational coverage of anti-American terrorists, its ongoing use as a mouthpiece for Jew-hatred, and its growing alienation from Arab journalists
Suddenly, some of the “neoconservatives” who support the cause of democracy in Egypt and the Middle East generally are suggesting that it might be better for the U.S. to support the Egyptian military, though it came to power through a
Update: Folkenflik has responded on Twitter that his interview about Knell’s departure on Monday’s edition of All Things Considered (versus his story on Tuesday’s edition of Morning Edition) did mention the O’Keefe sting (though did not credit O’Keefe by name): Makes
Trust Peter Beinart to exploit the Egypt crisis to attack the American Jewish community and pro-Israel groups. Beinart writes at the Daily Beast that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) have “whitewashed last
Politico reports today that California Republicans are urging House Republicans to pass “comprehensive” immigration reform, for fear that the party “can’t win elections” in the state unless the legislation succeeds. That false message parrots the talking points being pushed by
The question of whether to continue military aid to Egypt despite the July coup and the killing of hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators is morally fraught. Strategically, however, it is far less of a dilemma. At the moment, weakness or
Hundreds gathered in downtown San Diego on Sunday afternoon to call for the resignation of Mayor Bob Filner, who is beset by over a dozen accusers who claimed he sexually harassed them. Billed as “Freedom from Filner,” the rally featured
The crackdown of the Egyptian military against supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood is brutal and violates human rights norms. What is curious is that those expressing justified outrage over the actions taken by the Egyptian military are perfectly willing to
It is difficult to explain to Americans, particularly young Americans, what was wrong with the Clinton era, and why we ought not want to re-live it. The 1990s are sealed into our national memory as a time of great prosperity
The movement to boycott embattled San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, the city’s first Democratic mayor in two decades, has spread beyond the Hooters restaurant chain, which kicked off the effort in response to multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him.
There’s much talk about Chris Christie as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 (yes, already). Christie is certainly gearing up for a run, and has begun by attacking potential GOP rivals. But while moderate Republicans like Christie
The horrific violence in Egypt has triggered another round of “I-told-you-so’s” among American skeptics of the Arab Spring. There is a bit too much eagerness to see the very goal of Arab democracy as a failure, and also to heap
A new–and, depending on who’s counting, fifteenth or sixteenth–alleged sexual harassment victim of San Diego’s Democratic mayor, Bob Filner, came forward at a press conference with attorney Gloria Allred on Thursday afternoon in downtown San Diego. The woman, Peggy Shannon,
President Barack Obama interrupted his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard on Thursday morning to comment on the violence in Egypt that has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of pro-Muslim Brotherhood protestors at the hands of the Egyptian military this week.
Buried within an article on Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s run for U.S. Senate, Edward-Isaac Dovere of Politico admits “the irony that in the age of Obama, Republicans have done a better job than Democrats of bringing diversity through their ranks.”
Thousands of activists for immigration reform have gone missing after only four hundred turned up at Wednesday’s rally in Bakersfield, CA outside the office of Republican Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy. Though the SEIU reported that “more than 5,000 people” had
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, attorney Gloria Allred responded to claims by Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday that she had only taken a “perfunctory” interest in allegations of sexual harassment against Bob Filner, the Democratic mayor of San Diego. “I’ve held two
Four hundred activists for immigration reform turned out for a rally in Bakersfield, California Wednesday at the district office of Republican Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Though organizers had promised upwards of 5,000 demonstrators, the turnout was significantly lower than
The Obama administration suffered a setback Tuesday when the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against it over the issue of nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, which President Barack Obama opposes. Though the ruling re-opens the issue, and
The local CBS affiliate in Cleveland reports that a new “study” by Ohio State University has found that the E. L. James smash hit erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey promotes “sexual and emotional abuse” against women. I put the word
The Egyptian government began clearing large pro-Muslim Brotherhood tent-camp demonstrations out of two Cairo squares today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Shooting was reported by military sources on the scene, and protestors claimed that as many as one hundred people
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Punk: Chaos to Couture exhibit closes tomorrow, so–while in town for Greg Gutfeld’s RedEye–I decided I had to see it. What is punk doing in an art museum anyway? Surely punk, in its rebellion against conventional
