Howard Kurtz, media columnist for The Washington Post, and Reihan Salam, associate editor of the Atlantic magazine and co-author of the "Grand New Party: How Republicans can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream," offer analysis. Link to audio
...Guest Host Linda Wertheimer talks about the future of the GOP with Reihan Salam, a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of Grand New Party, and Michelle Laxalt, a political consultant who has worked for Republican senators and the Reagan administration... Link to audio
Steve Coll, head of the New America Foundation and author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001, says he supports a linking of Afghanistan and Pakistan in US policy. ...
"This is an easy issue to demagogue," says T.A. Frank, a fellow at the New America Foundation and an editor at the Washington Monthly... Original article
President Barack Obama continues to enjoy high approval ratings. But as he unveils plans to fix the nation's problems, both liberal and conservative critics are boldly voicing their concerns. Critics from the left -- Glen Ford, of the Black Agenda Report, and Christopher Hayes, of The Nation magazine -- discuss the issues behind their loyal opposition.
Reihan Salam, associate editor for The Atlantic, discusses the recent quarreling between GOP leader Michael Steele and Rush Limbaugh. Salam is the co-author of Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the ...
To acquire fissile material would take more work and more time, says Jeffrey Lewis, who runs the Nuclear Strategy Initiative at the New America Foundation in Washington. "Iran would have to reconfigure its centrifuge cascades, which would be a highly ...
... Obama's plan to allow the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy to expire, and Democrats are likely to resist shoveling more money to the nation's fragile banks, says Maya MacGuineas, president of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...
Author Afshin Molavi tries to peel away some of the country's mysteries in The Soul of Iran, but finds that he needs some help when he gets to Mashad. The city and its golden-domed shrine are famous to millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims. ...
Journalist Steve Coll says that India and Pakistan held secret talks over the disputed region of Kashmir in 2006, but that tentative plans for peace have since been abandoned due in part to the political decline ...
