All Commentaries
U.S. and Japan Equally Shameless in Shuttling Officials From Regulatory Agencies to Nuclear Energy Industry
Both the U.S. and Japan suffer at the hands of government officials looking forward to jobs in the private sector.
WikiLeaks: U.S. Is Just All Right to Jihadists Fighting With Libyan Rebels
It’s becoming more and more difficult to dispute that jihadists see a window of opportunity in the Libyan civil war.
Bin Laden: If Ever We Wanted to Bring ‘Em Back Alive
According to a recent WikiLeaks dump, if harm came to bin Laden, the West would be subjected to a “nuclear hellstorm.”
Nuclear Energy Needs Handouts, Can’t Cut It in Free Market
Conservative proponents of nuclear energy need to acknowledge that it wouldn’t exist were it not for government hand-outs.
WikiLeaks: Juveniles at Gitmo Didn’t Come From “a Little-League Team”
The United States imprisoned juveniles at Guantanamo Bay who were kidnapped.
Peru’s Fujimoris: Like Father Like Daughter?
A vote for Keiko Fukimori could result in a revival of Peru’s tragic past when her corrupt, authoritarian father was president.
The Internet: Tool of Revolution — or Repression?
The Internet and social networks are not only less responsible for the Arab Spring than old-fashioned activism, they’re vulnerable to abuse by the states against which Middle-Eastern protesters have been resisting.
60-Second Expert: Gunrunning to Mexico
On March 3 of this year, Agent John Dodson of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) blew the whistle on a secret government project that allowed guns to be smuggled from U.S. merchants to Mexican drug cartels.
WikiLeaks: Double Agent Bin Hamlili Double-Crossed the Taliban and the West
WikiLeaks reveals that not only was the murderous Adil Bin Hamlili a double agent for the Taliban and the West, but he double-crossed them.
Palestine, the Arab Spring, and the Middle East Lobby
During the upheavals sweeping the Arab world, a common refrain among hawkish supporters of Israel has been that the Arab street is indifferent to the plight of the Palestinians, and thus the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not at the heart of Middle East troubles. I