Advertisements In my latest piece for Souciant, I look at what President Obama can do to create a more positive view of the United States in the Arab world, and how some steps that need to be taken in response to the Arab Spring can actually help move the politicsContinue Reading
Advertisements In my latest piece for Souciant, I look at the opportunity for change that exists right now. In the attempt to change US Mideast policy, we get opportunities from time to time, though they are rarely great opportunities. This one isn’t that dramatic, but it is the sort of starting pointContinue Reading
Advertisements When writing about President Obama’s speech on Thursday, I got one thing very wrong. I wrote: “Bibi will not have anything here to fight with Obama about tomorrow.” Well, that was wrong; but not as much as you might think. As MJ Rosenberg pointed out in his Friday column,Continue Reading
Advertisements This space is normally devoted exclusively to the Middle East. But the absolute insanity that has gripped Washington all of my life has reached a new height these days, and so I break here with “something completely different.” At this writing, Congress has authorized spending cuts of $38 billion,Continue Reading
Advertisements I wrote recently of my decision to support the intervention in Libya, and the difficulty of that decision. I have rarely seen a question that has so divided people, and it’s happened on both the left and the right. I struggled with the question because there are good argumentsContinue Reading
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