Last year, Lauren Rosenberg was walking across a four-lane highway in Utah when she was hit by a car. Now she’s suing Google for $100,000 in damages because Google Maps told her to take that route.
Blaming Turkey
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Middle East & North Africa
Will the Flotilla Attack Be Our “Kent State” Moment?
Gaza flotilla attacks may be a “Kent State moment” that wakes up the American public to Israel’s heavy-handed responses to anything resembling a provocation.
Krauthammer: Gaza Flotilla a Threat to Israel’s Existence
Monitoring Charles Krauthammer on Islam — a dirty job but somebody’s got to do it.
After the Massacre: The Global Impact of the Gaza Flotilla Crisis
When the histories are written, it is certain that Israel’s Flotilla Massacre will be remembered as a key battle in what Richard Falk, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Territory, calls Israel’s “war of legitimacy.” And this battle, Israel has already lost.
The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be
In times of rapid change, historical trajectories are poor indicators of future events.
Outraged by Drone Strikes? Some Drone Operators Are Too
Some CIA officers involved in the agency’s drone strikes program in Pakistan and elsewhere are privately expressing their opposition to the program within the agency, because it is helping al Qaeda and its allies recruit.
U.S. Support for Israel Mirrors 80s Support for El Salvador Junta
The differences between the policies of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama are not as great as we think.
New Power Brokers in the Middle East
America’s failure to talk peace is undercutting its influence in the Middle East. It has cleared the way for proactive nations like Turkey and Qatar, who want a quieter neighborhood to push their economic growth, to step in and broker deals such as the recent Iranian nuclear fuel swap and the Lebanese accord of 2008. Continued U.S. intransigence may lead them to try and sort out issues such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well.
Israel: When You Circle the Wagons, Shoot Outward!
Israel seems clearly bent on demonstrating what its opponents have long claimed — that it is a dangerous and illegitimate regime operating beyond the confines of international law and moral principle.
The Times, Lula and Lily Tomlin
Blind criticism of Iran deal seen as spot on Paper of Record’s legacy.