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Reading The Pictures: Camp David, Oslo, Now This

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.29.2007 | Media


Michael Shaw

2007-11-29-20071129CondiAnnapolisfp.jpgIn an absolutely brilliant gesture, newswire photographer Jason Reed of Reuters offered this visual commentary, and last word on the embarrassment in Annapolis.

Give Annapolis a Chance

Bruce Feiler | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics


Bruce Feiler

Annapolis was the first event of the post-war-in-Iraq-Middle East, which is one reason why the participants didn't exactly know how to act -- and another reason we have no choice but to give it a chance.

Syria Will Attend Mideast Peace Conference In Annapolis

AP | Posted 11.25.2007 | Politics


Syria will send its deputy foreign minister to the U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Md., a Syrian government official said Sunday...

J'ever Notice That You Never See Presidents Bush and Musharraf Together?*

Steve Young | Posted 11.22.2007 | Politics


Steve Young

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) 11/22/07 - A Supreme Court stacked with judges loyal to President Gen. Pervez Musharraf cleared the way for him to rule as ...

Judith Miller Comments On McClellan Revelation

Politico | Mike Allen and Michael Calderone | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics


Shortly after news of the McClellan excerpt broke, Politico caught up with Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper, two reporters who received information ab...

Note to Congress: Subpoena McClellan

Chellie Pingree | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics


Chellie Pingree

It is not the responsibility of a book publisher to tell us the truth. That responsibility lies with this administration, the people that committed the offense to begin with.

Bush Says "Clinton Understands Pressure Better Than Any Of The Candidates"

ABC News | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics


In an exclusive interview with Charlie Gibson airing Tuesday on World News, President Bush and first lady Laura Bush said that Sen. Hillary Clinton's ...

The Pleasures of War

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 11.20.2007 | Home


Barry Yourgrau

Ah, war, what's it good for? Well, it does make some people very rich. And war does make for some of the most gruesomely enthralling reading around.

Australian PM Who Backed Bush, Iraq Invasion, Set To Lose Election

Reuters | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics


Australia's conservative government remains well behind the opposition Labor Party and looks likely to be swept from office in parliamentary elections...

"I'm Rich. I Have a Gun. Please Be My Friend."

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics


Deepak Chopra

The average citizen doesn't realize that in the name of national security and fear of terrorism, the militarists have planned a future that is essentially a ticking time bomb.

Violence Leads To Spate Of "Temporary" Marriages For Iraqi Widows

McClatchy | Bobby Caina Calvan | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics


At 18, Zahraa Abdulrasool married a man 15 years her senior, a good man, she said, who never refused a day's work. To support his family, he drove a t...

Why I Support the Iraq Redeployment Bill

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics


Rep. Barbara Lee

By tying additional funding to a redeployment time line, we will be saying "No" once and for all to the blank-check policy that has fueled the engagement in Iraq for over four and a half years.

Good Lord, Democrats, Don't You See What's Coming?

Dave Johnson | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics


Dave Johnson

Why aren't Democrats and progressives out there NOW with a counter-narrative, explaining to the public why conservatives and their ideology are bad for America?

One Year Left. Looking to the Future...

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics


Mike Garibaldi-Frick

It's always darkest before the light. 2008-2009 might be the gloomiest years before the "Great Repair" begins.

Bush Vetoes Dems' Health And Education Bill

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics


President Bush, escalating his budget battle with Congress, on Tuesday vetoed a spending measure for health and education programs prized by congressi...

NSA Phone Call Intercept of Bush and Musharraf

Bill Katovsky | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics


Bill Katovsky

Musharraf: Oh, my good, trusted friend, I understand your concern but we all know what a nuisance lawyers and the media are. Bush: No kiddin'. If the ACLU had its way, Guantanamo would be emptied of all them terrorists.

You Can Leave Your Hat On

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

If Mr. Bush feels that strongly about what he perceives to be a conflict of interest in Pakistan, why doesn't he step down as commander-in-chief, leave Iraq to Iraqis, and Iran to Iranians instead of pursuing a foreign policy that amounts to selective destruction?

Reading The Pictures: You Lost Your Face And Your Legs, But I'm Here Now

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.12.2007 | Media


Michael Shaw

Bottom line (and playing up the wounds and the insult we suffered at the hands of al-Qaeda), the function of this executive branch is not to make things better, but just to make people feel better.

An Open Letter To Hillary Clinton

Richard Morse | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics


Richard Morse

When you feel frustration from your electorate its because we don't want watered down Republican politics (Republican Lite). We want Democrats with Democratic values.

Total Iraq War Funding To Hit $611 Billion: A Look At How That Money Could've Been Used

Boston.com | Posted 11.11.2007 | Politics


If the Bush administration succeeds in its latest request for funding for the war in Iraq, the total cost would rise to $611.5 billion, according to t...

The Boy Who Cried Terror

Dave Johnson and James Boyce | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

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Dave Johnson and James Boyce

Message to Congress: No one believes Bush and this is dangerous to the country! There is an urgent warning today from the FBI, that Al-Qaeda might at...

Congress Hands Bush First Veto Override

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics


President Bush suffered the first veto override of his seven-year-old presidency Thursday as the Senate enacted a $23 billion water resources bill de...

Open Letter To Feinstein And Schumer

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics


Chris Weigant

To Senators Dianne Feinstein and Charles Schumer;   When, in the future, you retire from the Senate and sit down to write your memoirs, I predict...

That Putin Feeling

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics


Barry Yourgrau

The price of oil underwrites all this: $98 a barrel right now. If Cheney gets his attack on Iran, who knows high oil prices will go? Russia's production is actually down. But as long as prices go up...

Hillary: Stop Waffling

Mona Gable | Posted 11.06.2007 | Politics


Mona Gable

If she can't stand being challenged by a handful of smart guys, how is she going to stand up to real bullies and tyrants like Ahmadinejad?