By • Feb 12,2009

Bashar al-Assad’s stock value goes up

Michael Young writes that the Gaza war and the Israeli electoral deadlock have driven up Bashar al-Assad’s stock value. Young’s analysis of the Israeli election isn’t as good as Noah...

By • Feb 12,2009

Making Exceptions

Daniel Larison has a characteristically insightful and thoughtful post up about the rush to double standards that the strong showing of Yisrael Beiteinu is provoking in people. Contra Greenwald, he...

By • Feb 12,2009

Reaching out to Russia

The Washington Times reports that Mike McFaul and Undersecretary William Burns are off to Moscow to talk Kyrgyz basing with the Russians. Via Spencer Ackerman, an earlier version of the...