Turning Right into a Dead End

| Nov 2, 2010 | UncategorizedYes, the GOP is clearly poised for a great night—especially for its most extremist wing. By 7:10 p.m., The Washington Post and CNN were already calling Senate wins for Aqua Buddhist Rand Paul in Kentucky and Republican Dan Coats in Indiana. But I don’t buy...

Tied to the Tracks

| Oct 18, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyIf life were an old-fashioned movie serial we’d be at the scene where Barack Obama is tied to railroad tracks while an oncoming train sounds in the distance. And if it were a movie, he’d escape. I’m not sure how, but at the last moment he’d...

Why Our Taliban’s Gaining Traction

| Mar 22, 2010 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe Dutch government is the Afghanistan War’s latest casualty. When the Labor Party recently exited the Netherlands’ ruling coalition government to protest the extension of the Dutch deployment in Afghanistan, the Taliban rejoiced. Perhaps you thought I meant...