Obama: Appeasement and weakness, or nobility and diplomacy?

"“Today I want to wish Muslims across America and around the world a blessed month as you welcome the beginning of Ramadan, may God’s peace may be upon you.”"  So says President Barack Obama yesterday,...

King, American President Talk of 57 States

Though speaking almost one year apart, King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Barack Obama seem to have a penchant for the concept of 57 states. In a TimesOnline article this morning about prospects of Middle...