Way back in June President Obama declared, against the legal advice of his top administration and military lawyers, that the war he decided to wage in Libya was exempt from the War Powers Resolution, which requires him to get permission from Congress for engaging in a...

The Obama administration is in accord with majorities in both chambers of Congress regarding the National Defense Authorization bill's provisions authorizing indefinite detention without charge or trial for terrorism suspects, possibly including American citizens...

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I talked to Scott Horton yesterday about whether or not the Iraq war is really over and whether or not America endowed every Iraqi with freedom and independence (as opposed to a creeping dictatorship). But, as Iraqis burned the American flag yesterday during the last...

Fox News ran a two-part report on foreign aid this week. Fox's John Roberts asked me last week about a couple foreign aid "success stories." I doubted the success claims but I commented that there had been so many programs over the years, that..... Well, here's the...

Remember how the United States has been cozying back up to the dictatorship in Uzbekistan for the sake of alternative supply routes to occupying forces in Afghanistan? And remember how Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Uzbekistan in October, largely for the...

The Salvadoran government this week officially apologized and asked for forgiveness for the El Mozote massacre in 1981, one of the worst atrocities in their history that happened during their civil war. In December of that year, government forces descended into the...