Last week I interviewed Arianna Huffington on the media and Senator McCain, two central topics in her new book, Right is Wrong. I couldn't help getting her candid opinion on Barack Obama as well. Below is my conversation with Arianna in a three part series:

"Right is Wrong" and The...

Permanent bases in Iraq, legal impunity for all American soldiers and contractors, control of Iraqi airspace, and, most shockingly, the use of Iraqi territory for attacking other nations in the region. These are a few of the items on the table in negotiations between President Bush and Prime Minister al-Maliki...

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) leaves a behemoth's footprint in Washington, DC. The mythical largesse of the organization was confirmed recently by the National Journal, which rated it the second most influential lobby, ahead of the AFL-CIO. AIPAC garners its reputation, in large part, because of an adept...

Last week, I posted a video from West Virginia depicting the overt racism and pervasive fear surrounding Barack Obama's candidacy. While race has been a subtext since before Iowa, the conversation has been largely theoretical, with statisticians guessing at the salience of the Bradley Effect and pundits invoking the...

President Bush apparently took a long distance swipe at presidential candidate Barack Obama in Israel yesterday, debasing the notion that America should negotiate with Iran as the "false comfort of appeasement."

Bush used a particularly uncouth Nazi analogy for his Israeli audience, saying, "We have heard this foolish delusion...

While covering the primary in West Virginia, I encountered pervasive racism only hinted at by Tuesday's exit polls and the pundits who wonder aloud if America is ready for a black president. What I heard on Tuesday was shocking. It depicts the blind prejudice that still possesses pockets of America...

During last Sunday's sermon, Reverend Otis Moss III, who succeeded Rev. Wright at Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, offered an intimate and perspicacious meditation on the media's obsession with Rev. Wright. Moss recalled the slave owner's practice of separating so called house slaves from field slaves to turn the...

Clinton recently unveiled her new policy platform of "massive retaliation" against Iran in the event of a war between Iran and Israel. This Middle East policy, seemingly irrelevant to the current primary debate, has led Clinton's critics to question her commitment to withdrawing troops from Iraq. In fact, coupled with...

In the wake of the Pennsylvania primary, Democrats across America are spending their coffee breaks lamenting the vacuous politics that will inevitably drag on into June. Like a family road trip, the chattering siblings in the back seat are all wondering if were there yet -- still uncertain of the...

What could have possessed Prime Minister Maliki to rush headlong into a battle he was thoroughly unprepared for? The Bush Administration has responded with certainty about only one thing: they were not involved in the planning. But former CIA analyst Ray McGovern says that Maliki "can't scratch his nose without...

Those who expected General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker to beat the drums of war during this week's Senate hearings must be disappointed.

The Real News Network takes a closer look at the issue of Iran in a new episode of The Real Story.

Senator John McCain "hates war," because he knows "very well and very personally how grievous its wages are." This was Senator McCain's preamble to a speech he gave in March on the imminent threat that Iran poses to the United States. This "straight talk" opening had the irony of a...

Internal conflict continues in Bolivia between the government and the country's southern province. The oil rich South has demanded autonomy in response to President Morales' movement towards Socialism. President Morales has proposed changes to nation's constitution that include naturalization of natural resources, wealth redistribution, and a stronger voice for the...

NATO forces are running into trouble in Afghanistan not just with the enemy but with their own policies. The American driven approach of staying the course without increasing humanitarian aid and without negotiating with Afghan warlords has alienated those in NATO, especially Britain, who would rather adopt a colonial carrot-and-stick...

The Caucus is an unruly animal that requires firsthand experience fully to comprehend. This video provides a first hand look that places the viewer in the mix. The vignette illustrates the chaos inherent in the caucus system and illustrates how well-intentioned people can corrupt the democratic process. It also provides...