Neoconservatism has been trashed by folks on the left and the right as of late, and for good reason. Many blame neoconservatives for getting us into Iraq. But Eric Cohen’s essay on Irving Kristol reminds us that neoconservatism had a noble beginning and might have a useful future in the GOP

The South African center-right journalist takes issue with the government using an apartheid-era law to crack down on journalists (who work for the same TV station where Mr. Malala anchors a political program) who interviewed two anonymous criminals who threatened violence and muggings against visitors to the soccer World Cup in June:

Crisis makes strange bed fellows. That’s one way to view President Obama’s request for Presidents Clinton and George W, Bush to lead relief efforts.

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The Uganda story is not simply about hateful white people going to Africa to infect the innocent black folk there. Yes, the conservatives who went there to spread their schlock did pour gasoline on a fire, it is important to remember that the fire was already there in the first place.

Tomorrow marks Pioneers Day in Liberia, the January 7, 1822 landing of black American settlers to Liberia - Africa’s first republic - and I’ve written a piece over at theGrio.com about it.

As President Barack Obama has made the ultimate decision to send forth 30,000 additional armed forces to fight the insurgency in Afghanistan (a duplication of the 20,000 plus troops that former President George W. Bush sent to counter the insurgency in Iraq), the United States has signaled to the international community that victory in this region is necessary and imperative.

During the theatre of war, public support can be fatigue and fragile at times. It is important to remind people why Afghanistan is crucial in today’s time. It is the painful reminder of the terroristic attacks against our sovereign nation on September 11, 2001 that engaged us in a conflict against an ideology. An ideology that promotes evil over good and the right to take another’s life if their religious or political identity is different from yours.

Not only is the U.S. security interest at stake, but the whole world should be concerned about Afghanistan. If the Taliban is allowed a permanent safe haven in the Middle East and overthrow the government, it weakens the U.S. foreign policy and makes our nation vulnerable to future attacks.

Despite years of the abuse of its symbolism, The Brandenburg Gate was clearly assembled with Democratic aspirations in mind. The Brandenburg Gate’s entire design is based on the Propylene, a classic Greek structure, which served as a gateway to Athens, the cradle of Democracy and birthplace of western civilization. It was no coincidence, therefore, when Regan gave his speech with The Brandenburg Gate towering over him to commemorate Berlin’s 750th anniversary. The speech and The Brandenburg Gate both demonstrated that the future of Germany lie with Democracy not Socialism.

Kareem Amer was arrested on the 6th of November, 2006, hence the date of this coming rally. He was sentenced to one year in prison for “insulting the president of Egypt” and 3 years for criticizing
Islam, a total of 4 years in prison.

He was only 22 at the time of his arrest.

Like the childhood game of “Telephone”, the question on the American side of the equation comes down to how much that message of stern resolve on the Iranian nuclear issue comes to bear once incorporating the varying opinions and approaches that encompasses our foreign policy over the past several years.

As we have learned from the playground, diplomacy only goes so far sometimes. With the playground bully, the kid continues to take your lunch money until you put up for yourself. It doesn’t matter how many teachers you tell or how many times that kid goes to detention - when the next chance comes up to do the same thing without getting caught, he (or she) is coming back to collect. The same is true with some of the rogue nations that we are dealing with internationally.

When I first read this morning on another website that President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize, I thought someone was joking. After all, the nomination process is long and it means he was nominated for the prize within two weeks of his inauguration.

Possessing the undeniable talent and charisma of pop icons, three fearless performers push self-expression to its sharpest, riskiest, and most triumphant point. East of Havana is a blunt, unflinching close-up on the lives of these young rappers compelled to address their generation’s future from the confines of a Cuban ghetto. Soandry, Magyori, and Mikki are the defacto leaders of Cuba’s rebellious underground hip hop movement.

The crisis in Darfur has escalated into one of the worst displays of human rights crisis. In one of the most remote places in Africa, an insurgency began unnoticed under the shadow of the war in Iraq in 2003, killing 350,000 to 400,000 people in 29 months by means of violence, malnutrition, and disease in the first genocidal rampage of the 21st century.

As I promised, I will give you periodic updates about my experience of my first deployment overseas. I am truly proud to be traveling on a mission of peace sustainment. I am not sojourning to wage war; I am not voyaging to conquer an empire, nor am I peripatetic for violence in hopes of finding an invading force to attrit and break. I am departing to stabilize a fledgling democracy that has, much like the United States, found it necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another.