Obama has been crowned, and now change can begin. My problem is not with Obama, I hope he excels and makes America a better place, my problem is with the definition of change. I think I found a hint of what the lefties are thinking change is all about. Here is one comment from the National Post, it ...

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Jan. 20 -- In one of its first actions, the Obama administration instructed military prosecutors late Tuesday to seek a 120-day suspension of legal proceedings involving detainees at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- a clear break with the approach of the outgoing Bush....

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Jan. 20 -- In one of its first actions, the Obama administration instructed military prosecutors late Tuesday to seek a 120-day suspension of legal proceedings involving detainees at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- a clear break with the approach of the outgoing Bush....

Robert Fisk (h/t mattthebastard): Ever since 1948, we’ve been hearing this balderdash from the Israelis — just as Arab nationalists and then Arab Islamists have been peddling their own lies: that the Zionist “death wagon” will be overthrown, that all Jerusalem will be “...

Mark Silverberg I was asked recently to explain why Israel was “ghettoizing” the Palestinians by constructing a security barrier in areas that have served as transit points for terrorists entering the country. The questioner noted that, as a Jew, I should be more sensitive to the concept...

By Blaine Harden Washington Post Foreign Service SEOUL -- In Camp No. 14, the North Korean political prison where Shin Dong-hyuk was born and where he says he watched the hanging of his mother, inmates never saw a picture of Kim Jong Il. "I had no idea who he is," Shin said, referring to the leader ...

Anniversaries are a dime a dozen. We’ve got days for everything. Sled Dog Day. Bubble Gum Day. Ballet Day. Dump Your Significant Jerk Day. I’m not kidding. Today is different. 60 years ago this December 10th – after the horrors of World War II – the world came together to unanimously pass th...

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE By Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris...

Photo: A kiss in the midst of Sunday's gay pride rally down the streets of Caracas (All photos courtesy of Santiago Farías ). Organizers of Sunday's 8th Annual Venezuelan LGBT-rights March said they were surprised by the large numbers of people that showed up which they claimed eclipsed last year's...

I finally caught up with JK Rowling's June 5 commencement address at Harvard: The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination JUNE 5, 2008 Copyright of JK Rowling, June 2008 President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, prou...