Peace and Security
The Horses and Bayonets Strategy
Dining with Mahmoud
Sometimes a person you’ve been trained to hate comes across as reasonable. That happened to me when I met Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Paul Wellstone, We Miss You
Ten years ago today, the two of us were an hour into the first big coalition meeting to oppose the impending U.S. war against Iraq, surrounded by dozens of leaders of a wide array of movements: peace, civil rights, women’s rights, environmentalists, labor, social justice, and many others. Then, we noticed some people walking to the back of the room and returning with tears streaking down their faces.
A Tribute to George McGovern
I am saddened to hear that progressive champion Sen. George McGovern is reported to be at the end of his days. He has lived a life nearly as large as his heart.
More Lucky than Brilliant
If you were born before 1950, you probably remember what happened in October 1962. If you were born after that fateful month, you’re lucky.
Anti-Proliferation Brigade
One Nation, Under Surveillance
Does it matter that the federal government can track your cell phone at any moment of the day? That protesting at an event where the Secret Service is present is now a felony? That any American can be jailed indefinitely without charge or trial? That you can suddenly be kept off all airplanes without being given a reason, forever?
Rope-A-Dope Revives the Hope
President Obama owned Governor Romney in their second debate on issues of foreign policy, women, immigration, the 47 percent and leveled a fatal blow regarding Benghazi. Don’t get me wrong, Mitt was no wimp, and Obama was no progressive, but Obama had the better plans, the better attacks, and the better handle on the truth than Romney.
Iran in the Campaign’s Crosshairs
The war of words over Iran’s nuclear program keeps expanding.
It’s now a multi-sided melee pitting Iran against the West and Israel, Israel against the Obama administration, Mitt Romney against Barack Obama, and neo-conservatives like William Kristol against the rest of the U.S. foreign policy establishment.
The Islamophobe Fringe
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is a convicted conman. He knows almost nothing about Islam and even less about filmmaking. And yet, thanks to the power of the Internet and the tense relationship between the West and Islam, Nakoula has generated a major international scandal with Innocence of Muslims, his lowbrow, low-budget movie.
