In Our Orbit: A Tolerance for Ambiguity In Our Orbit: A Tolerance for Ambiguity
In The Good Spy, Kai Bird documents the life of CIA agent Robert Ames, a sincere and unlikely mediator in the Middle East.
Jul 29, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Cecilia D’Anastasio
Why It Matters That Norman Finkelstein Just Got Arrested Outside the Israeli Consulate Why It Matters That Norman Finkelstein Just Got Arrested Outside the Israeli Consulate
Passionate American opposition to Israeli policy has rarely been more important.
Jul 29, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg
How Partisanship Could Save Iran Diplomacy How Partisanship Could Save Iran Diplomacy
Efforts to kill nuclear talks with Iran are only coming from Republicans. That helps Obama.
Jul 29, 2014 / Ali Gharib
Don’t Worry, the ‘Grown-Ups’ Will Deal With Gaza Don’t Worry, the ‘Grown-Ups’ Will Deal With Gaza
As the ‘grown-ups’ in Jerusalem and Washington sort out the situation in Gaza, children keep getting killed.
Jul 29, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Missile Strike at Al-Shati Refugee Camp Kills 10, Including 8 Children Missile Strike at Al-Shati Refugee Camp Kills 10, Including 8 Children
“I saw a massacre,” says one survivor, “There were heads off bodies, shoulders half torn, hands gone, chests opened.”
Jul 28, 2014 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Have Social Media Numbed Us to Images of War? Have Social Media Numbed Us to Images of War?
Twitter is changing how we “bear witness” to war.
Jul 28, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Did Hillary Clinton Just Join the Neocons on Iran Policy? Did Hillary Clinton Just Join the Neocons on Iran Policy?
She tells CNN that she might favor “no enrichment for Iran” nuclear program.
Jul 28, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Great War: The Insane and Familiar ‘War Madness’ of 1914 Great War: The Insane and Familiar ‘War Madness’ of 1914
"About nothing does the mob forget so quickly as about war."
Jul 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
Will Putin Go All-In on Ukraine if Rebels Are Near Defeat? Will Putin Go All-In on Ukraine if Rebels Are Near Defeat?
Only Putin knows. But he also knows he doesn’t have to fear a US or NATO military response.
Jul 25, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Five Israeli Talking Points on Gaza—Debunked Five Israeli Talking Points on Gaza—Debunked
Israel claims that it is merely exercising its right to self-defense and that Gaza is no longer occupied. Here’s what you need to know about these talking points and more.
Jul 25, 2014 / Noura Erakat