FEATURED ARTICLE
Bye, Bye Tora Bora; Hello Subprime Mortgages
Commentary by Leon Hadar | December 21, 2007
The serious economic problems facing America are closely intertwined with the country's foreign policy
failures in Iraq and elsewhere. And as Americans begin to recognize that maintaining a gigantic welfare-warfare
state is a costly proposition, the political candidates who awaken to this reality will be best placed
to succeed in 2008. Read full story.
FEATURED PROFILES
John Ashcroft
The former attorney general has hit a post-government payday with a consulting firm and security-related
board positions.
John Lehman
A 9/11 commissioner and supporter of neoconservative outfits like the Project for the New American
Century and the Center for Security Policy, Lehman's most recent cause is to show the dangers of U.S.
oil dependence.
ALSO NEW ON RIGHT WEB
Détente with Damascus?
By Khody Akhavi
While Annapolis may have opened the door to diplomacy, reality on the ground suggests that Syria will
not end its relationship with Iran, nor will it bend to international pressure regarding Lebanon. Read full story.
When Did He Know?
By Gareth Porter
The intelligence in the recent NIE on Iran's nuclear program is anything but new, it seems, meaning
that President George W. Bush has likely known about it for some time. Read full story.
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