Vagina Monologues
(Scene: The Bizarro Universe, January 1942. Bizarro Adm. William Leahy, chief of staff to Bizarro President Franklin Roosevelt and de facto first chairman of the Bizarro Joint Chiefs of Staff, enters the oval office of the Bizarro White House.) Bizarro Leahy: Mr....
US Silent About Taliban Guarantee Offer on al-Qaeda
The Barack Obama administration is refusing to acknowledge an offer by the leadership of the Taliban in early December to give "legal guarantees" that it will not allow Afghanistan to be used for attacks on other countries. The administration's silence on...
Obama’s Peace Prize Continues Tradition of Dubious Choices
President Barack Obama has been primarily criticized for winning the Nobel Peace Prize so early in his term that he hasn't yet done anything to deserve it. Only a few commentators, including the president, seemed to sheepishly realize the irony of his receiving the...
One War Obama May Curtail
Who Wants More War?
Listen to Rep. Ron Paul on the escalation in Afghanistan (MP3). If anyone still doubted that this administration's foreign policy would bring any kind of change, this week's debate on Afghanistan should remove all doubt. The president's stated justifications for...
Best Performance in a Farce
US Foreign Policy and the Cult of ‘Expertise’
The news that Americans want the U.S. government to mind its own business when it comes to foreign affairs has our Washington elite in a panic. The explanatory notes accompanying a new Pew poll [.pdf] describe the "rise in isolationist sentiment" that...
Neocons Get Warm and Fuzzy Over ‘War President’
U.S. President Barack Obama's plan for a 30,000-troop surge and a troop withdrawal timeline beginning in 18 months has caught criticism from both Democrat and Republican lawmakers. But a small group of hawkish foreign policy experts – who have lobbied the White...
O=W
"O=W" is a bumper sticker beginning to show up on liberals' cars. After the president's speech Tuesday night at West Point, I suspect it will spread rapidly. For eight years, conservatives endured the agony of watching President George W. Bush attach the...
