Category: Politics
Dismissing Netanyahu, Obama Bets His Legacy on Diplomacy
by Helena Cobban | Sep 10, 2015 | Foreign PolicyWill Benjamin Netanyahu go down in history as the Israeli prime minister who cried wolf once too often regarding Iran’s nuclear-technology program? It looks that way. Back in the mid-1980s, when I started studying and writing about nuclear proliferation issues in the Middle East, the anxious estimates of most Israeli and pro-Israeli “experts” concluded […]
Big Business, Big Bucks: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Lobby Tab
by Lou Dubose | Sep 7, 2015 | PoliticsThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce has more than 3 million members, annual revenue surpassing $165 million, and is an electoral and lobbying powerhouse. In the 2014 election cycle, the Chamber spent $35,464,243 on political campaigns: $33,363,209 in support for Republican candidates, $2,101,034 in support of Democrats. The Chamber spends as lavishly on lobbying as […]
The Prophetic President
by Rick Perlstein | Aug 27, 2015 | Media, PoliticsJames Earl Carter is nearing the end. In an extraordinary press conference last week, the 39th president discussed his impending death from metastasizing liver cancer, with a grace, humor, and wisdom the rest of us can only hope to emulate when our own time comes. Soon will come the eulogies: then, the assessments. Forgive […]
Will Obama’s Legacy Include Chemical Plant Safety?
by Taylor Smith-Hams | Aug 23, 2015 | EnvironmentIn April 2013, an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, killed 15 people and decimated a community. This tragedy prompted President Obama to issue an Executive Order (EO) on August 1, 2013, directing federal agencies to establish new chemical-plant safety regulations. Two years later, serious questions remain about when the rules will […]
The GOP’s Base and Its Nativist Quagmire
by John Tirman | Aug 23, 2015 | PoliticsFor Ted Cruz, it’s the second issue listed on his website. It’s in Rand Paul’s top 10. Same with Huckabee. Donald Trump exploited it to instantly ascend in the polls and Scott Walker is veering sharply right to make up for loose words about citizenship. For Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush, it’s been a […]
Bad Faith Documentary
