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The Washington Times Gets the Scoop on Obama’s Muslim DNA

By | 06.05.09 | 3:41 pm

I guess I see what Washington Times mainstay Wes Pruden is trying to say here, but there could be a less Cecil Rhodes-ian way of expressing it.

Mr. Obama’s revelation of his “inner Muslim” in Cairo reveals much about who he is. He is our first president without an

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President Obama’s Speech in Cairo (Text and Video)

By | 06.04.09 | 10:22 am

As prepared for delivery:

I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s More…

(Something Like) Democracy in Iran?

By | 06.03.09 | 11:37 am

I don’t remotely have enough knowledge about the forthcoming Iranian presidential election — and after so many misforecast assessments over so many years, I’m dubious that anyone here in the United States really does — but I would really like every word of this Andrew Sullivan post to be More…

Where’s U.S. Public Diplomacy When Bin Laden Whines About Obama?

By | 06.03.09 | 9:50 am

President Obama has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the first leg of of his outreach to what-we-maybe-shouldn’t-call-the Muslim world and, unsurprisingly, Osama bin Laden has released his latest mixtape screed against Obama and the United States more broadly. This time, to blunt the message of reconciliation and respect More…

Obama Opposes Truth Commissions — But Not Prosecutions

By | 05.21.09 | 12:58 pm

It’s worth noting that in his speech this morning, while President Obama said he doesn’t think Congress ought to convene a truth commission along the lines of what Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) or Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) have proposed, he did not rule out More…

Obama Confirms Intent to Use Military Commissions, Indefinite Detention

By | 05.21.09 | 12:21 pm

While everyone’s railing about the incredibly nasty speech by former Vice President Dick Cheney this morning — who takes credit for preventing terrorist attacks against the United States by using “enhanced interrogation techniques,” even as he neglects to mention that he and President Bush could have but did nothing to More…

Housing Questions Go Unaddressed in Obama Speech

By | 02.25.09 | 9:04 am

President Obama’s widely praised speech last night laid out the goals of his new housing plan and emphasized the government will help responsible homeowners. But it still left a lot of concerns unanswered, says Sean O’Toole, president of ForeclosureRadar.com, a California firm that tracks foreclosure data. Via More…

Palin’s Improv Comedy

By | 10.29.08 | 5:36 pm

TWI correspondent Ana Marie Cox, reporting from the McCain campaign trail, provides a transcript of Gov. Sarah Palin’s energy policy speech and highlights the many times Palin strays from the prepared, teleprompted remarks. For more on Palin’s deviation from the McCain campaign’s plans, in speeches and elsewhere, see Ana More…

Palin’s Color Commentary

By | 10.06.08 | 2:15 pm

Yesterday, watching the Bengals fumble their way to their fifth consecutive loss, I realized there was one thing missing (besides an inexplicable ability of running back Chris Perry to hold onto the ball): Sarah Palin.

Yes, the GOP vice presidential nominee. She would have made my afternoon of misery complete. More…