These bombings in Baghdad follow a major such attack in Damascus, Syria, which was probably carried out by radical revivalist Sunnis (“Salafis”) to punish the […]

In addition to those two snap polls done just after the debate on Friday by CNN and by CBS, there is now further evidence that […]

Saudi Arabia wants lower petroleum prices. As a country with enormous reserves, Riyadh would like to preserve their value. In contrast, countries like Algeria with […]

On seeing this part of the Couric interview of Palin, I suddenly remembered something about her: ‘ Couric: In preparing for this conversation, a lot […]

About that claim by McCain that he warned about the mortgage crisis: McCain: “But — but let me — let me point out, I also […]

Did Henry Kissinger advise direct talks with Iran at the highest levels? Yes. Kissinger gave an interview with Bloomberg Television News Service on March 14, […]

In the debate, McCain promised ‘victory’ in Iraq and praised the surge. First of all, it isn’t ‘victory’ if Baghdad’s best hospital doesn’t even have […]

Fact-checking the debate (transcript available here). For Pakistan and the controversy over McCain’s ridiculous assertion that Pakistan was a ‘failed state’ in 1999 when Musharraf […]