Obama’s Iraq airstrikes could actually help the Islamic State, not weaken it
Whatever else we’ve learned from more than 10 years of U.S. intervention in Iraq, it should be eminently clear that we can’t defeat Islamist extremists with airstrikes.
Activist and filmmaker Saul Landau dies at 77
Tope Folarin finds his place in the literary world
There was a time when Tope Folarin came almost daily to Politics and Prose not to sip iced lattes, as he’s doing on this recent Sunday afternoon, but to learn…
High-Powered ‘Fix the Debt’ Group Draws Attention, Scrutiny in Washington
“Liberal and conservative groups alike are circulating reports that allege that the chief executives who comprise Fix the Debt run companies that have been promoting a “rash of corporate tax breaks” in…
Presidential debate: Think tanks react
“President Obama owned Governor Romney in their second debate on issues of foreign policy, women, immigration, and the 47 percent. He even leveled a fatal blow regarding Benghazi. Don’t get…
Study Says 26 ‘Kingpin’ CEOs Made More Last Year than Their Companies Paid in Federal Tax
Egypt’s Morsi-SCAF relations, missing ‘Obamacare,’ Fast and Furious and more
The loudest chant in Tahrir Square remains “Down, down with military rule!” Many protesters in the Square have already announced their intention to remain in Tahrir once again, reprising the…
Some Companies Pay Their CEOs More Than Uncle Sam, Study Says
“These individual CEOs are being rewarded for presiding over companies that dodge taxes,” said Chuck Collins, one of the study’s co-authors and a senior scholar at the Institute of Policy…
A Double Standard on Middle East Aid
The Post editorial board is absolutely right that the Obama administration should consider the $1 billion a year in U.S. aid to Egypt in the context of Egypt’s domestic repression…
