Month: March 2014

This is just fine with me: In his final address to Afghanistan’s parliament Saturday, President Hamid Karzai said U.S. soldiers can leave at the end of the year because his military already protects 93 percent of the...

As Crimea holds an election reminiscent of Saddam Hussein’s phony plebiscites, Julia Ioffe predicts that it is all a precursor for a Russian invasion of Ukraine proper, and an annexation of its eastern half. Whether that...

Ukraine was never a bastion for press freedom … Ukraine authorities block Russian TV (3News.nz) – Late Thursday night, clashes broke out in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk between government supporters and a...

There are certain ledes that you just don’t want to see in your news feed. SIMFEROPOL, CRIMEA — No one has any idea what President Vladimir Putin will do after Crimea votes on Sunday to join Russia. But if bankers...

I’m of three minds about the controversy surrounding Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) recent comments about the work ethic of men living in our inner cities. Taken in isolation, the comments were deeply stereotypical and...