Budget Showdown Lesson: The Old Clinton Playbook Is Officially Out Of Date –...
By Tevi Troy Just after the election last November that brought back Republican control of the House, I predicted here that Republicans would do much better in a budget showdown with President Obama...
View ArticleThe Bahrain Crack-Up – OpEd
By Lee Smith Matar Ibrahim Matar, a former member of parliament from the main opposition bloc, Al Wefaq, was released from detention after more than three months in a Bahraini jail, where, he told the...
View ArticleSerial Genocide In Sudan – OpEd
By Nina Shea Sudan’s president, Gen. Omar al-Bashir — an indicted war criminal — is now ferociously targeting the 1 million Nuba and various other peoples of oil-rich Southern Kordofan. Though this...
View ArticleUS Republican Debate Scorecard: Kid Gloves Come Off – OpEd
By Tevi Troy After the last GOP debate, I noted that the candidates were wearing kid gloves, and would need to get tougher in preparation for an eventual showdown with President Obama. Well, the kid...
View ArticleObama’s Jobs Policies Will Reduce Job Opportunities – OpEd
By Diana Furchtgott-Roth The White House announced that President Obama will deliver a major address on job creation early in September. Mr. Obama could address proposed Labor Department regulations...
View ArticleThe Administration Takes On ‘Islamophobia’– OpEd
By Nina Shea An unprecedented collaboration between the Obama administration and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC, formerly called the Organization of the Islamic Conference) to combat...
View ArticleWahhabism: A Forgotten Legacy Of The Bosnian War – OpEd
By Sarah Schlesinger On October 28, 23-year-old Mevlid Jasarevic opened fire on the American embassy in Sarajevo, wounding one Bosnian police officer before he was stopped. Though Jasarevic’s lawyer...
View ArticleThe Legacy Of The Social Welfare State – OpEd
By Herbert I. London and Linden Blue There is a perfect storm emerging across the globe with Europe in the vanguard of economic and social woe. With the possible exception of Germany, every western...
View ArticleWith Friends Like Obama – OpEd
By Christopher Sands Harry Truman once said that if you want a friend in Washington, you should get a dog. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, famously a cat person, may want to adopt a dog before his next...
View ArticleSplit Ends: Syria And White House – OpEd
By Lee Smith In March, the Syrian regime began slaughtering peaceful demonstrators in Deraa, a small city close to the Jordanian border. In August, the American president called for the man responsible...
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