Let’s get this straight: Donald Trump is not “good for the Jews,” nor “good for Israel.” Republicans have done a great PR job in conning […]
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OSC: Khamenei’s Speech Replying to Obama
The USG Open Source Center translates Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s response to the Persian New Year’s message of US President Barack Obama. For a canny […]
Khamenei Adopts a Wait and See Attitude to Obama; "If You Change Your Attitude, We Will Change Ours"
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday, “Of course, we have no prior experience of the new president of the American republic and of […]
Hixson: Finding a Way Out in Afghanistan
Walter L. Hixson writes in a guest op-ed for IC After receiving his welcoming gifts from the departing Bush administration—a depression and two failed wars—President […]
Firedoglake Book Salon 5 pm Today
Am doing live Q & A at the Firedoglake book salon Saturday afternoon 3/21 at 5 pm ET. Refresh the page to see the start […]
Obama and Now-Ruz
President Barack Obama gave an unprecedented adress to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and to its people on the occasion of the […]
Cole & Colbert Report in the Blogosphere
Was traveling, but finally getting time tonight to post the video of my appearance on the Colbert Report to promote Engaging the Muslim World, which […]
Israeli Excesses in Gaza Revealed
A discussion among Israeli veterans of the past winter’s military campaign against Gaza has become public, embarrassing the Israeli military and the politicians who launched […]
More Reactions to "Engaging the Muslim World"
With regard to my argument in Engaging the Muslim World that the Iraq War was fomented by an unusual alliance of oil interests (Dick Cheney) […]
Blogging Colbert
So I was on the Colbert Report, hosted by Stephen Colbert at Comedy Central, on Wednesday night, to promote my new book, Engaging the Muslim […]