He’s blocked the neocons as well as the “humanitarian hawks,” but his new strategy does push cold war with China, drones and cyberwarfare.
The neocons, with strong support in Congress and the Pentagon, are fighting a rear-guard battle to extend a major US troop presence beyond this year. Can the peace movement head them off?
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James North on Haiti, John Nichols on the Working Families Party
At this past weekend's National Equality March, fury, or at least frustration, with the president trumped hope. On four key gay rights reforms, the administration's support is decidedly mixed at best.
A look at Joe Lieberman's love affair with the right, and what his cuckolded party should do about it.
Critiques of Obama's suitability for the presidency are bookended by astonishingly contradictory stereotypes.
The Bush Administration has presided over the highest run-up in military spending since World War II. As our economy collapses, why can't the media connect the dots?
He's not a real fighter. He's too pretty and doesn't want to get his looks messed up.
The Democrats appear to be anti-Iraq War. But they surely are not acting like opponents of imperial overreach.
As scenarios on the impact of global warming worsen, Senate Democrats are poised to abandon a realistic bill and support a deeply flawed measure that doesn't solve the problem.


