Over 100,000 people have died in the Syrian civil war over the past 27 months, but President Bashar al-Assad still thinks his government belongs on the United Nation’s Human Rights Council. Both Syria and Iran are running for seats in…

President Obama might be in denial about the reality of the situation in Syria, but Congress isn’t partaking in his delusion. The House and Senate intelligence committees voted to place strong restrictions on aid for Syrian rebels, effectively ending Obama’s…

It’s liberal versus liberal in today’s cage match. MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell blew up at Salon.com reporter Alex Seitz-Wald for writing an article that got everything wrong. Of course, that isn’t why O’Donnell was mad. No, he was irked at Seitz-Wald…

Yesterday, I wrote a blog post questioning the implications of the latest events in Egypt. While everything I wrote still holds true, there is reason to have at least a little hope. Newly appointed interm president Adly Mansour named Hazem el-Beblawi, a…

When Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi was ousted in a military coup last week, many Americans cheered. After a year in power, Egypt’s first Islamist president is out and the secular military has taken over until new elections can be held….

Just when you think the IRS couldn’t get any more incompetent. The agency accidentally released over 2,000 Social Security numbers, according to Public.Resource.org, a non-profit transparency group that posts public records online. The National Journal: The incident involves the unwitting…

A full military coup is underway in Egypt, according to President Mohammed Morsi’s national security adviser. The military has sent tanks into Cairo and has already faced conflict with pro-Morsi protesters on the street. Islamists climbed on top of tanks…

The Egyptian military has suspended the country’s constitution and named the chief of the Supreme Constitutional Court as head of state after informing Mohammed Morsi that he is no longer president. Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt’s defense minister, announced the plan while…

Morsi may be out, but free speech doesn’t seem to have a hold in Egypt yet. After announcing that Morsi had been removed from power and a plan for an interim government put in place, the military began shutting down…

Call it the trap of the State Department. Almost every time a new secretary of state takes office, he (or she, as the case may be) decides the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is completely solvable and that it’s his job to solve…