A Washington gathering of Persian Gulf autocrats sums up the absurdity of America’s relationship with some of the world’s most oppressive regimes.
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United States
Celebrating Destruction
Our wartime commemorations are the functional equivalent of mounting the heads of our victims on pikes. Are we surprised that others celebrate bloodshed when we do the same?
Who Knew? Sister Megan Rice Didn’t Seek to Sabotage Our National Defense
An appeals court ruled that Sister Megan Rice and her peace-activist colleagues should not have been found guilty of the ridiculous charge of sabotage.
Rand Paul’s Foreign-Policy Flip-Flop Not Likely to Win Him Many Friends
What does the Republican Party want with Rand Paul if his extremist constituents feel too betrayed to follow him to its center?
America’s Hydra Problem in the Middle East
ISIS may be more famous for cutting off heads, but it’s Washington that’s learning the hard way not to slash first and ask questions later.
Conservatives Can’t Understand Why Pamela Geller Fails to Win Same Sympathy as Charlie Hebdo
Who was more hateful: those who attacked her “draw Muhammad” art exhibit or Pamela Geller herself?
The 1.5 Million Man March
China has its vanishing girls. North Korea has its disappeared prisoners. And America has a generation of missing, jailed, and dead black men.
Letter to Loretto
Torture whistleblower John Kiriakou bids farewell to incarceration and moves on with his life.
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference Can’t Win for Losing
Ironically, a successful Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference means failure.
After Baltimore, a Call to Reclaim Mother’s Day
As a mom, it’s my responsibility to demand an end to this cycle of violence, institutionalized racism, and police militarization.