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Why Egypt has to be the U.S. priority in the Middle East 8 Mar 2011 | 06:40 am
Robert Kagan and Michele Dunne 3/7/2011 Egypt is a pivotal nation in the Arab world, and while a heavy-handed approach would be inappropriate, the authors point out specific ways the United States c...
How Boehner is playing the Democrats 8 Mar 2011 | 06:37 am
E.J. Dionne Jr. 3/7/2011 John Boehner has adopted Richard Nixon’s “madman strategy” in his approach to budget negotiations with Democrats in Congress and the executive branch. By proposing such a la...
High Fascism 8 Mar 2011 | 06:33 am
Rhonda Garelick 3/7/2011 Garelick looks at the incident in which Christian Dior’s creative director, John Galliano, was fired for drunkenly making anti-Semitic slurs at a woman in a bar. She says th...
Watching Protesters Risk It All 25 Feb 2011 | 06:29 am
Nicholas D. Kristof 2/21/2011 In Bahrain, witnessing the protests seems like the Arab version of 1776, with people standing up for democracy in the face of a tyrant monarch even in the face of viole...
The ‘Long War’ May Be Getting Shorter 25 Feb 2011 | 06:27 am
Nathaniel Fick and John Nagl 2/21/2011 There is increasing evidence that Afghanistan is moving in a more positive direction than many analysts think and the country can achieve the stability and sel...
Beijing and the Arab Revolt 25 Feb 2011 | 06:23 am
Bret Stephens 2/22/2011 Seen from a distance, the Arab revolts of 2011 all seem connected and broadly similar. Yet Stephens notes that on closer inspection, the convulsing states of the Arab world a...
Where is Boehner and Obama’s courage to lead? 19 Feb 2011 | 06:10 am
Ruth Marcus 2/16/2011 Marcus cites recent examples of House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama failing to lead effectively. On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Boehner dodged questions about his role i...
The Post-Islamist Future 19 Feb 2011 | 06:05 am
Maajid Nawaz 2/18/2011 Recent events in Egypt indicate the beginning of the end for the Middle East’s fascination with Islamist opposition politics, says Nawaz. With failed Islamist experiments in I...
Obama’s Louis XV budget 19 Feb 2011 | 06:01 am
Charles Krauthammer 2/18/2011 Despite Obama’s claims that he is imposing “painful cuts” on spending, Krauthammer runs the numbers to reveal that these cuts actually result in government spending on ...
Obama has an opportunity to do in Egypt what Bush tried and failed to do in Iraq 16 Feb 2011 | 05:42 am
Egyptians fought bravely, ousted Mubarak and gave power to the military. But it turns out that USA effectively controls the Egyptian Army. It financed it, trained it and should it go into conflict wit...
