In an interview, a leading voice of America's conservative intellectuals discusses Barack Obama's failures
By Klaus Brinkbäumer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz Oct 27, 2009
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You'd never know it from the MSM, but he deserves high grades for his work so far in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan
By Juan Cole
October 26, 2009
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Millions of people like me need kidneys and there aren't enough. The government should give benefits to live donors
By Frances Kissling
October 25, 2009
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A prominent global warming skeptic comes up with a conspiracy theory, and some on the right follow
By Alex Koppelman
October 19, 2009
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The pope's UN rep swats away questions about sexual abuse -- and raises questions about the church's special status
By Frances Kissling
October 7, 2009
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The assumptions most Americans hold about Iran and its policies are wrong
By Juan Cole
October 1, 2009
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With nuclear fears growing, the president's shrewd moves are winning Russian support for boxing in Iran
By Juan Cole
September 25, 2009
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The President pledges to increase international cooperation, while another leader steals the spotlight
By Vincent Rossmeier
September 23, 2009
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As Ahmadinejad heads for the U.S., he and Iran's other hard-liners seem bent on increasing their nation's isolation
By Juan Cole
September 22, 2009
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The U.S. was the only Western government not to endorse the document last year.
By Alex Koppelman
March 18, 2009
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ABC reports that Susan Rice, a foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama, is likely his choice to be ambassador to the United Nations.
By Gabriel Winant
November 24, 2008
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Despite the impasse in U.S.-Iraq negotiations, he clings to his fantasy of "victory" and America's ability to set the terms for withdrawal.
By Joe Conason
October 27, 2008
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As I spent time with the Iranian president in New York, the central purpose of his trip to the United Nations became clear: Getting reelected back home.
By Hooman Majd
September 25, 2008
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Once again, U.S. politicians, including both Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, pile on the Iranian president. Why does Larry King (!) sound like the adult in the room?
By Juan Cole
September 24, 2008
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Reality, of the military and petroleum-based variety, forced the administration to change course. Now Bush sounds like Obama.
By Juan Cole
July 31, 2008
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I was a young law student applying for a part-time internship. To my amazement, I was soon casting votes at the U.N. and working for Ariel Sharon.
By Gregory Levey
April 22, 2008
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Foreign women opening restaurants in Kabul provide stability and comfort to a war-torn area.
By Carol Lloyd
December 18, 2007
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And then there was one. In his first act as prime minister, Rudd leaves the U.S. standing alone as the only developed nation that hasn't ratified the Kyoto Protocol.
By Andrew Leonard
December 3, 2007
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How to help victims of sexual violence in Congo
By Lynn Harris
November 21, 2007
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The U.N. Security Council demands -- again -- an end to violence against women.
By Lynn Harris
October 24, 2007
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A new transcript reveals the president, on the brink of the Iraq invasion, full of faith, calm and unyielding optimism.
By Mark Danner
October 18, 2007
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Slick P.R. moves around the '08 Olympics can't hide the fact that China is still complicit in the Darfur genocide.
By Jill Savitt
October 4, 2007
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Bush's 2003 conversation with the Spanish prime minister shows his smug determination to invade Iraq at all costs.
By Joe Conason
September 28, 2007
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The Kingdom's petroleum minister claims that efforts to rein in the demand for oil are unfair to his country. But maybe the world has bigger problems?
By Andrew Leonard
September 27, 2007
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My time with the Iranian president this week underscored how the U.S. media has overlooked his political savvy.
By Hooman Majd
September 26, 2007