Is it Europe’s turn to laugh at the United States?

There is something about the impasse over the fiscal cliff that seems eerily familiar. The underlying U.S. economy is reasonably Continue reading →

Susan Rice And How The Press Keeps Ignoring Republican Obstructionism

Once again, the press is turning a blind eye to the unprecedented obstructionism coming from the Republican Party. In the Continue reading →

Leveson Inquiry’s Report Sparks a War in the British Parliament

It’s finally arrived. Four chunky volumes, light blue covers, and running up to 2,000 pages—longer than War and Peace—the Leveson Continue reading →

U.S. Bans BP from New Government Contracts

The United States has banned oil giant BP from obtaining new federal contracts and leases, citing its “lack of business Continue reading →

U.N. Set to Back Palestinian Nonmember Status Despite U.S. Opposition

The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote today in favor of tacitly recognizing Palestinian statehood by giving Palestine Continue reading →

How Romney’s wealthy Donor Class feels about his election loss (RECOMMENDED)

Chrystia Freeland is editor of Thomson Reuters Digital and author of “The Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Continue reading →

House GOP assign only White Men as Committee Chairs in Next Congress

As Rachel Maddow noted in the segment above, “This is what you can clip and save for the next time Continue reading →

Polonium poisoning linked to high profile political assassinations

A highly radioactive isotope of Polonium (Po-210) has been linked to high profile political assassinations including former Palestinian leader Yasser Continue reading →