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You can't shock the conscience of someone who has none

David Addington We here at Passport don't like to harp; there's too much going on in the world to dwell on any one particular story. And personally, shrillness just isn't my style. Yet I have to comment this astonishing series of articles...

Published Mon, Jun 25 2007 8:18 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Law, U.S. Foreign Policy, Bush Administration

Five reasons Tony Blair would make a bad Middle East envoy

Peter McDiarmid/Getty Images White House officials put out the word this week that the United States would love to make outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair its point man on Middle East peace. Blair would represent the "Quartet" of key...

Published Fri, Jun 22 2007 2:25 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Britain, Middle East, Israel/Palestine, U.S. Foreign Policy, Bush Administration

State Department: Google exec's North Korea visit not helpful

The State Department isn't too pleased with news that Google's Eric Schmidt plans to visit North Korea soon. According to Politico , at a briefing today spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters that State will have no involvement in the scheduled...

Published Thu, Jan 03 2013 12:34 PM by FP Passport

'European Olympics' coddling dictators before it even has sports

I missed this last month, but apparently Europe is getting its own continent-level Olympic-style tournament, and the first event will be held in 2015 in.... Baku: "We are the only continent without senior Games. We do not have an event like the Asian...

Published Fri, Jan 04 2013 9:38 AM by FP Passport

Palestine's Latin American outreach makes a lot more sense now

At the end of last year, Brazil and Argentina surprised the world by recognizing the Palestinian state. They were followed in quick succession by almost all of South America , with the notable exception of Colombia. Those moves followed a tour of the...

Published Mon, Sep 19 2011 3:01 PM by FP Passport

Just how many continents are there?

I periodically get complaints from readers about the geographic groupings in our Morning Brief . Why does news from North Africa get lumped in with the Middle East? What about separating Central and East Asia? Can Oceania and the Pacific get some love...

Published Tue, Sep 20 2011 8:15 AM by FP Passport

Decline Watch: Is this still Don Draper's America?

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Proctor and Gamble has, "for the first time in 38 years... launched a new dish soap in the U.S. at a bargain price." The implication here is that the company is now marketing to an American middle...

Published Tue, Sep 20 2011 11:16 AM by FP Passport

Watch the UNGA speeches

As of 10:22, President Barack Obama is currently speaking. You can watch all today's speeches in the stream below: The schedule of speeches is here . Update: Here's the text of Obama's speech. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 21 2011 7:23 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.S. hikers freed from Iran

U.S. hikers freed from Iran Top story : Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal, who had been imprisoned in Iran for two years, were freed yesterday and reunited with their families in Oman. They had been arrested in 2009 while hiking along the Iran-Iraq border...

Published Thu, Sep 22 2011 5:06 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Abbas to make statehood bid at U.N.

Abbas to make statehood bid at U.N. Top news: Against the urging of U.S. President Barack Obama as well as a threatened veto, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will formally request that the United Nations recognize Palestine as a state today...

Published Fri, Sep 23 2011 5:07 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Friday Photo: Prostitutes protest in Seoul

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 22: South Korean prostitutes hide their identities as they participate in a rally on September 22, 2005 in Seoul, South Korea. Nearly seven years after tough laws began driving thousands of South Korean prostitutes out of...

Published Fri, Sep 23 2011 3:13 PM by FP Passport

FP on the TV: Josh does Washington Journal

I was very privileged this morning to appear as a guest on C-Span's Washington Journal talking about foreign policy in the 2012 election. We had some great questions on immigration, Afghanistan, and the Middle East, as well as one dude who is currently...

Published Mon, Sep 26 2011 4:07 PM by FP Passport

Decline Watch: Pakistani clerics issue fatwa against calling America a superpower

Remember when anti-American clerics used to call it the Great Satan? Those were the days: A clerical alliance in Pakistan has issued a religious decree ( fatwa ) saying that it is illegitimate (haram) to call the United States a "superpower"...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 9:21 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Decline Watch

Decline Watch: Are happy days here again?

It's not all doom and gloom here at decline watch. We keep our eyes out for signs of recovery as well. Via Marginal Revolution , here a new paper from Princeton University's Angus Deaton, showing that Americans' contentment levels have returned...

Published Wed, Sep 28 2011 2:06 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Decline Watch

Morning Brief: Bombing hits central Damascus

Bombing hits central Damascus Top news: At least 35 people were killed in a car bombing in central Damascus on Thursday. The bombing struck near the ruling Baath Party's headquarters, which is also close to the Russian embassy. Central Damascus has...

Published Thu, Feb 21 2013 5:36 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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You can't shock the conscience of someone who has none

Five reasons Tony Blair would make a bad Middle East envoy

State Department: Google exec's North Korea visit not helpful

'European Olympics' coddling dictators before it even has sports

Palestine's Latin American outreach makes a lot more sense now

Just how many continents are there?

Decline Watch: Is this still Don Draper's America?

Watch the UNGA speeches

Morning Brief: U.S. hikers freed from Iran

Morning Brief: Abbas to make statehood bid at U.N.

Friday Photo: Prostitutes protest in Seoul

FP on the TV: Josh does Washington Journal

Decline Watch: Pakistani clerics issue fatwa against calling America a superpower

Decline Watch: Are happy days here again?

Morning Brief: Bombing hits central Damascus