Category: Politics
A New Cold War in a Small Tropical Country
by WS Editors | Dec 1, 2009 | Foreign Policy, MediaTHERE WAS A TIME WHEN golpes de estado—military coups—seemed as common in Latin America as elections. A president would lose the support of the army, the business oligarchy, American corporate interests, Washington, or any combination of the foregoing, and golpistas would depose the president—always promising to restore constitutional government as soon as the domestic tranquility […]
A New Avenue to Middle East Peace?
by WS Editors | Nov 15, 2009 | Foreign PolicyAnother Bush Legacy “In allowing the Israelis and Palestinians to have it out on the ground, and not giving them a diplomatic alternative, thousands of Israelis and Palestinians have lost their lives. And the whole edifice of a peace process that began with Henry Kissinger was destroyed.” —Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk WHEN […]
The Afghan Dilemma | Blaming Obama/Intelligence as an Option | Five Years and Five Billion
by WS Editors | Nov 15, 2009 | Foreign Policy, National SecurityThe Afghan Dilemma—House Armed Services Committee Chair Ike Skelton (D-MO) describes President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan strategy as “not new” but the “first strategy” in a war that has been under-resourced and “forgotten” since the Bush administration initiated it in 2001. The Afghanistan assessment that General Stanley McChrystal presented to the president reportedly calls for an […]
Democrats Might Learn Something From Dirty Dancing Tom DeLay
by WS Editors | Nov 1, 2009 | PoliticsShocking! “With regard to the health care issue, as we all know, the bill that was reported yesterday will not be the bill voted on. Right down here in the Majority Leader’s conference room they’ll be writing the real bill that will be brought up.” —Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, October 14, 2009 ? “THE […]
Obama receives the Nobel Peace Prize
by Ian Williams | Nov 1, 2009 | PoliticsMANY DETRACTORS of Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize are cagey about the real reasons for their opposition, because they have spent years opposing the biggest issue for which the Norwegians made the award: nuclear disarmament. For decades, diehard Cold Warriors in the Pentagon, the Senate, and often the White House made it clear to the […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety