By Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Humans Rights Watch The world has not seen this much tumult for a generation. The once-heralded Arab Spring has given way almost everywhere to conflict and repression. Islamist extremists commit mass atrocities and threaten civilians… Read More ›
The 114th Congress may be the most diverse ever, but it’s still 80 percent white male, and 92 percent Christian. Why our elected officials (still) look nothing like us. Cue the confetti: The new Congress sworn in on Tuesday is… Read More ›
By Scott Beauchamp Hawks such as Sen. John McCain and commentators such as former New York Times columnist Bill Keller and Wall Street Journal editor Bret Stephens fret about America’s growing isolationism and the potential for a de-Americanized world, in… Read More ›
As 2014 comes to an end, we look back at the 20 interviews that were watched and shared most widely on our website.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,100 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway… Read More ›
Here is a year end wrap up and predictions for 2015 for Syria and no solution in sight. It is very sobering article from a US Syrian expert. Oil is more important than bombs in that area, and the rich… Read More ›
At first blush, this report sounds horrific. The acid attack makes front page news the world over. Rightfully so; acid attacks have disfugured many and ruined lives beyond measure. Initial reports claim that this kind and magnanimous Israeli family… Read More ›
By Jonathan Chait There is a famous thought experiment called the trolley problem, and it goes like this: A runaway trolley is headed toward five people bound on the tracks. You are standing before the switch that could divert it… Read More ›
By Menachem Freedman When the news hit my Facebook feed that Ben and Izzy’s, a restaurant in Toronto, had been named “North America’s Top Kosher Deli,” I immediately packed my bags. Under the guise of visiting family, I began a… Read More ›
If Republicans win the Senate, expect a ferocious tactical clash between Cruz and the actual leader Mitch McConnell “Ted Cruz’s big (awful) plans: Why a clash is coming if GOP wins majority” by Jim Newell in Salon No one’s more… Read More ›
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