Month: September 2013

I think Bob Dreyfuss is rather badly off the mark with his analysis. The starting point for understanding President Obama on Syria is that he has never wanted to get involved in the civil war and he has resisted all efforts to...

I totally understand that someone who grew up in some small town in Oklahoma or Nebraska is going to have totally different life experiences than me, and that they’ll probably have different values. I don’t have to...

Jonathan Bernstein is correct that the difficulty Congress is having authorizing force against Syria is a sign of the strength of the two parties rather than a sign of their weaknesses. Specifically, it’s a sign that...

My friend Lori Williams was a great woman, a woman who in a better world would have been much better known. Why do I say was? Because she died of stage 4 lung cancer cancer on September 5th. I am still in shock that she is gone....

It seems to me that David Corn’s column is completely anachronistic. What the president needs to do tonight is fairly simple. He needs to explain that the credible use of force has compelled Russia and Syria to offer up...