Associating With Known Arabs
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 16th, 2009 at 10:11 amKevin Drum wonders why the Obama team seems to have been intentionally avoiding making news out of the fact that they’re meeting with Arab-American and…
Posts Tagged ‘Iran’
Sexually Repressed Societies Are Unsustainable
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 9th, 2009 at 2:44 pmVia Telmah Parsa at The Daily Beast, the latest out of Iran is evidence of the impossibility of sustaining a culture in which sexual relations…
All Politics Is Local (Tehran Edition)
By Dylan Matthews - Oct 14th, 2008 at 10:51 amIt looks like the 2009 Iranian presidential race could get very, very interesting:
TEHRAN — Former President Mohammad Khatami, a moderate under pressure by political…
And Our Final Question for Tonight’s Debate: Are Puppies, at Times, Adorable?
By Jesse Singal - Oct 8th, 2008 at 10:56 amThis was one of the dumbest questions I’ve ever heard asked during a debate:
If, despite your best diplomatic efforts, Iran attacks Israel, would you…
“Second Holocaust?” Hardly
By Ned Resnikoff - Oct 3rd, 2008 at 2:20 pmWhen I first heard someone say that we needed to stop Iran from being responsible for a “second Holocaust,” I thought it was an error…
Tell Me What It Look Like, Tell Me What It Is
By Dylan Matthews - Oct 1st, 2008 at 10:59 amLos Angeles Times media critic Tim Rutten wants you to know that he’s very, very disappointed in your lack of moral seriousness:
[Islamist radicals] mean…
This Week on The McCain Funny Hour: Killing Iranians!
By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 10th, 2008 at 8:41 amAfter singing “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran” to the tune of “Barbara Ann,” joking about “beating [his] wife,” and stating that he “hates Gooks”…
BREAKING: Iran Reportedly Agrees to Suspend Uranium Enrichment
By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 pmFollowing yesterday’s statement of a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Iran should be careful to not make “provocative remarks” over…
Get Ready for the Next Round of Blowback
By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 1st, 2008 at 10:08 amThe MEK logo
The United Kingdom is setting a dangerous and irresponsible precedent by lifting a “terrorist” ban on the exiled Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e…
British Official: Iranian Gays Will Be Fine if They Just Keep Quiet About It
By Bradley Portnoy - Jun 27th, 2008 at 10:00 amWhen one considers the differences in gay rights between the United States and the United Kingdom, a country I’ve come to know well over the…
Attacking Iran Means Selling Your Hummer
By Masoud Shafaee - Jun 16th, 2008 at 1:15 pmWith the price of oil having risen by 40 percent to $139 a barrel since the start of the year (an all-time high), any talk…
McCain Addresses AIPAC
By Matt Zeitlin - Jun 3rd, 2008 at 10:00 amJohn McCain gave a big speech to AIPAC yesterday in which he mostly talked about how great a threat Iran poses to Israel and the…
