A think-tank closely tied to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is calling for a "dramatic strategic shift" in Washington's policy toward Pakistan, one designed to both strengthen civilian institutions and promote an effective counter-insurgency against al-Qaeda and indigenous Islamist extremists in

I n the wake of the recent election results it's essential to ask how the Empire fared. It's not just occupying Iraq. It's not just brutally occupying Afghanistan under the guise of a war on terror being fought by the

O n Sunday, in his first television interview since winning the presidential election, Barack Obama repeated his campaign pledge to close the prison at Guant namo Bay and to ban the use of torture by U.S. forces. Speaking on 60

B arack Obama's first appointment, that of Chicago Congressman Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff, is quite frankly unsettling and suggests that voters who had hoped for real change in Washington will be disappointed. There should also be some

T he latest tightening of Israel's chokehold on Gaza ending all supplies into the Strip for more than a week has produced immediate and shocking consequences for Gaza's 1.5 million inhabitants. The refusal to allow in fuel has forced the

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Nehru's birth anniversary brings to light an old biography, which is perhaps the best-written work on him, says historian Ramachandra Guha.

Everybody would like the Sri Lankan Tamils to live in peace first and with equal right to the Sinhalese. Even I, a vehement critic of the LTTE and also very much against the Centre intervening the military action against the

Yo Harry, the people of Connecticut spoke to that one. Lieberman is not a Democrat. But hey, the American people voted for change in 2006, and they voted for change in 2008, and both years, the Senate made sure to

In the spirit of post-partisanship, and in spite of the American people's overwhelming votes for change in 2006 and 2008, let's appoint fierce global warming critic James Inhoffe to the Environment and Public Works committee! Shit, that wouldn't be any

From today's kumbaya moment, Lieberman on statements he made about Barack Obama: And in that regard, I said very clearly, some of the statements, some of the things that people have said I said about Senator Obama, are simply not

Jane Hamsher: Asked what it would mean if Lieberman kept his chairmanship, one Senate Democratic aide said bluntly: "The left has been foiled again. They can rant and rage but they still do not put the fear into folks to

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Remember the Imperial Sugar case? This was a Georgia industrial disaster that killed 14 people and injured over 40 in an explosion caused by unsafe conditions at a sugar plant. Saxby Chambliss' response to this disaster was to attack a

We've got at least one new "better" Democrat in the Senate. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Pat Leahy, D-Vt., and Senator-elect Jeff Merkeley, D-Ore., spoke against allowing Lieberman keep the Homeland Security and Government Affairs post. Reid, Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill.,

Weak: That's not the change we need.

You want evidence that Gingrich will be seeking a bigger national stage, perhaps as RNC chair or 2012 candidate? He's put aside his usual "ideas" schtick to engage in some good, ol' fashioned hate and division. O'REILLY: OK, now, the

It was a mistake. This version CORRECTS by DELETING Merkley from lawmakers who opposed Lieberman; Merkley did NOT oppose Lieberman. Oh well.

David Mauro of the Burnt Orange Report is closing on a chance to win a $10,000 college scholarship. Take 30 seconds and vote for him so we can help one of our own get through college. I thought this thing

The Bush administration has given the incoming Obama team (and the American people) yet another middle finger. First they announced--on Election Day, the day the American people decisively rejected "drill, baby, drill"--that they were putting huge swaths of Utah's most