I can hardly believe how Frans Timmermans has changed from a PvdA (Labor party) parlementarian to an establishment Foreign Minister and placing all blame on Hamas in the Gaza conflict. He even suggests to let the Palestinian...
Read MoreIf I were a U.S. Congressman, I would propose the following for no other reason than to cause a paranoid frenzy on the right. Then I’d point and laugh: Helsinki, the capital of Finland, has a a plan that might make car...
Read MoreI hope I never lose the ability to be appalled: At about 7:30 PM on July 12, a group of well-dressed young men carrying silenced pistols arrived at an apartment complex in Baghdad’s Eastern Zayouna neighborhood. They went...
Read MoreOne of Ed Kilgore’s many talents that serves him well in his current gig as lead political blogger for Washington Monthly is he has a memory like…well…an elephant. His post earlier today reminded everyone that...
Read MoreWhen you let the CIA choose what to redact in a report that is critical of their activities, you deserve the criticism you get. On June 7th, I wrote the following: It’s really kind of incredible that the CIA is in charge...
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