Blaming Extreme Rhetoric for Extreme Acts
News that Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was a fan of anti-Islamist sites, including Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs has opened a big can of schadenfreude.
Oslo Bomb Blast and Shooting Spree: Al Qaeda Suspected (Updated)
A bomb blast in Oslo’s government center has killed at least two people and a presumably related shooting spree at a nearby children’s camp are being investigated as terrorist related.
An Attempt at Unpacking the News Corp Scandal
I must confess to having only paid peripheral attention at first, but it is clear that there is a major story here that requires attention.
CIA Fake Vaccination Drive For Bin Laden DNA
So the CIA organized a fake vaccination drive in Pakistan in an attempt to get bin Laden family DNA. What could possibly go wrong?
GDP Alone Does not Tell the Development Story
Yes, China’s GDP growth has been impressive for some time now, but it is not the sole way to understand development.
Honduran Truth and Reconciliation Commission Issues Ruling
Institutions, or the lack thereof, matter.
Should We Be More Like China?
I’m continually shocked when demonstrably bright and accomplished people fall in love with authoritarian states.
Humberto Leal Garcia Execution and International Law
The US Supreme Court declined to stay the execution of a child raping murderer over a technical violation of a treaty.
American Boots on Ground in Somalia
Leon Panetta has been brought in to oversee significant cuts to the U.S. Defense budget. Meanwhile, we’re in six wars.
America Carrying Load in Libya While Pretending Otherwise
The US handing Libya over to NATO is “like Beyonce saying she’s ceding control to Sasha Fierce!” – Jon Stewart
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Released on Own Recognizance
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been released on his own recognizance and freed from house arrest after credibility issues surfaced with the woman who alleged sexual assault.
Strauss-Kahn Case Falling Apart Over Accuser Credibility
Remember Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the arrogant French aristocrat whose career was ended by a courageous chambermaid, shedding light on a corrupt social system? A funny thing happened on the way to the slammer.
Pakistan Boots U.S. From Drone Base We Weren’t Using Anyway
Our good ally Pakistan has publicly ordered us to leave a base used for “covert” CIA drone attacks.
Gaddafi and the ICC: Meaningless, Unfair, or Both?
The selective application of international law is here to stay.
North Korea Famine: Starving Soldiers
Australia’s ABC News has video smuggled out by an activist showing widespread famine in North Korea, including filthy children begging in the streets and evidence that even soldiers are not getting enough to eat.