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ArmsControlWonk Saves My Weekend
According to the highly-respected Jeffrey Lewis over at the uber-wonky ArmsControlWonk : I do not find compelling the speculation, suggested by Larry...
Foreign Ops: Go with the Senate Numbers
This week the Senate is taking up the State Department and Foreign Operations appropriations bill. In two key areas, contributions to international...
Grandmama: Nuke “Accident” Not So Accidental?
The Coffee House's Larry Johnson (not really the Larry "Grandmama" Johnson ...or even the KC Chiefs' Larry "L.J." Johnson), wondered about the...
One Step Forward on Darfur?
UN SG Ban Ki-Moon and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir just announced that Sudan would be meeting with the Darfur rebels in Libya...
Ensign Looking to Leave Troop-Contributing Allies Out to Dry on Peacekeeping Funds
Senator John Ensign just proposed a major cut to U.S. contributions to UN peacekeeping on the Senate floor. Just last month, with...
Ban in Darfur
The BBC is covering UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's important trip to Darfur/Sudan. The fact that he has taken the time to...
“Hey, anybody see those five nuclear-armed Advanced Cruise Missiles?”
Earlier today it was reported that five nuclear-armed ACMs were transported via USAF B-52H Bomber from North Dakota to Louisiana...by accident. That's...
Enjoy Labor Day Because Tomorrow Begins Post-Labor Day
Over at Informed Comment Global Affairs (as well as Daily Kos ), Barnett R. Rubin has spent the last several days discussing...
Good News for Your Labor Day: Haleh Esfandiari Released
On Sunday, three months after the Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari was accused of spying, detained and imprisoned by Iranian officials, she was...
Limbaugh Places Foot in Mouth on Darfur
If ever there has been an issue that is not about liberal or conservative or red state versus blue state, it is...
The Role of Psychologists in U.S. Sponsored Torture
An interesting story published today on Salon.com reports on the position of psychologists in the U.S. vis a vis coercive interrogation strategies...