With Netanyahu frustrated by Obama's refusal to attack Iran for him, I would guess that he will turn to overt interference in the election, in behalf of the Republicans. All the Republicans have said they will do Israel's bidding. Slime like Adelson...

In the article, "The Kenyans are coming," we saw how Kenyans can invade this country employing various business skills and know how, and the North Sudanese apprehension that Kenyans are indeed serious competitors capable to invade this country...

(Mining and forestry companies don’t much care what kind of government is in charge so long as the rocks, trees and local workers are still there.) Note, too, that Quebec City might even come out ahead, given the public-sector bureaucracy that the...

Next up: Mitt Romney was thought to have the GOP nomination in the bag, but now there’s talk of him losing Michigan, and talk of a brokered convention! Are his presidential prospects salvageable? We’re asking The New Republic’s Walter Shapiro and MSNBC...

And, as a sign of the season: CNN provides slide-show of photos from Carnival celebrations around the world. I’ll be back with the regular frenetic blogging schedule tomorrow, despite the temptations of Mardi Gras. Ed Kilgore is a contributing writer...

It seems the church hierarchy has views on social issues that are well aligned with the Democratic Party: concern about the poor and wealth inequality, war, capitalist excesses, the universal healthcare bill itself. Why would that hierarchy act in...