Middle East

November 23 - Diplomatic Moves to End the Syrian Agony; Russia's Changing Role in the Syrian Civil War

November 17 - The Press's Barking Dogs of War; Why is Daesh Picking a Fight With the US, France, Russia and the Rest of the World?; Is Kerry Too Optimistic About a Syrian Peace Deal

November 15 - France on a War Footing; ISIS Baits the "Crusaders" Into Scapegoating Muslims; Erdogan and the G-20 Meeting in Turkey

November 12 - The Unpaid Kurdish Peshmerga's Offensive Against ISIS; Drug Arrests of Members of Venezuela's First Family; The Transition to Democracy in Myanmar / Burma

November 10 - The Inside Job That Brought Down the Russian Airliner Over the Sinai; The 270 "Fight for 15" Rallies Nationwide; The Almost Nuclear War in 1983

September 9 - The Obama/ Netanyahu Fence Mending; Americans Targeted in Jordan; Will Blaming the Press Mean Less Scrutiny of Candidates?

November 8 - The Latest Information on the Investigation Into What Brought Down the Russian Airliner; Russia's Diplomatic Initiative to End the Civil War in Syria; The Ben Carson Meltdown

November 3 - The Chief Salesman of the Iraq War Dies; Big Sugar Versus Big High Fructose Corn Syrup; House Republicans Slip Bank Deregulation Into the Popular Highway Bill

November 1 - Islamic State Victories in Spite of Russian and American Bombing; Erdogan's Cynical Election Strategy; The Strategic Incoherence of the Obama Administration's Iraq/ Syria Policy

October 27 - The Budget Deal That "Cleans Out the Barn"; Processed and Red Meat are Carcinogenic; Saudi War Crimes in Yemen