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Is Congress More Popular Than A Strike On Syria? 27 Aug 2013 | 09:06 am
Nine percent? According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, that's the share of the public that supports an attack on Syria. Even Congress polls better than that. So does BP.
White House Syria Deliberations: 'Do Less' Camp is Still Winning 27 Aug 2013 | 06:48 am
Today, after a weekend of behind the scenes scrambling to deal with the largest use of chemical weapons use in Syria to date, Secretary of State John Kerry finally took to the dias and brought the ruc...
Why Saudi Arabia is Helping Crush the Muslim Brotherhood 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
It’s not often that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates openly defy the United States on an issue that truly matters to the White House. But that’s exactly what happened when the two pledged $12...
OK, We're Hypocrites! It's Irrelevant to the Syria Debate. 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Foreign Policy's website has an excellent report on the C.I.A.'s disgraceful backing of Saddam Hussein during the time that he used chemical weapons agains
The Best Reason to Intervene in Syria Isn't to Help the Rebels 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
If Bashar al Assad’s use of chemical weapons in a rebel-controlled suburb of Damascus is “undeniable,” as Secretary of State John Kerry declared today, the United States should retaliate forcefully. I...
The 'Let's Not Even Try' Foreign Policy 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
In Syria, Barack Obama is now at the turning point of his presidency, both for his foreign policy and for his own self-definition as a president.Over the past five and a half years, the nation has str...
Ten Other Posthumously Discovered Novels 27 Aug 2013 | 01:22 am
If the reports are true, and J.D. Salinger’s estate is about to release five never-before-seen novels by the famously reclusive author, the literary world may be set to
From the Stacks: The Battle for the Female Vote 26 Aug 2013 | 11:02 pm
On this day in 1920, the nineteenth amendment allowing women the right to vote became part of the United States Constitution. Writing in 1915, Francis Hackett analyzes the politics behind the suffrage...
Is Assad Goading Obama? 26 Aug 2013 | 09:55 pm
Syria’s Assad regime, along with Iran and Russia, long ago took the measure of the Obama administration and the West and concluded that a military victory over Syrian rebels is not only essential, but...
The Washington Post Makes the Tea Party's Favorite Point 26 Aug 2013 | 09:54 pm
Conservative Republicans are at it again, threatening to cut off the government’s borrowing authority if they don’t get their way on spending. One reason they get away with such mischief is that they ...
