What the former vice president and Progressive Party presidential candidate advocated during the Cold War should be a benchmark for progressives judging our president today.

The new alliance against Iran has had no successes at all. If anything, in the last year Iran's hand has been strengthened in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.

A U.N. General Assembly resolution that condemns recent violence in Gaza is adopted, while the Indian Student Federation boycotts Hewlett Packard for its alleged involvement in the oppression of Palestinians.

A reporter at the most influential paper in English-language media appears to not know the difference between a government “tightly editing” and selectively editing video. 

The wars in the Middle East are the worst strategic blunders in American history. But don’t expect U.S. politicians and generals to accept responsibility for the mess when they can blame it on Iran.

The late chef was the only major American celebrity who succeeded in publicly depicting Palestinians as rational, caring human beings rather than as irrationally angry inciters of violence.