Kurds Vote for Independence, Strengthening Prospect of Long-Term Middle East Peace Iraqi Kurds have voted to establish an independent state, a good omen for peace in the Middle East. By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
How America’s Chickenshit Foreign Policy Has Betrayed the Kurds, a Major Enemy of ISIS CIA Sources: Obama missed chance to kneecap ISIS before it took hold By Ken Silverstein
Timid Democrats Fail To Pin Blame on Bush It took the Republicans about three weeks to make the Democratic politicians in Washington look like confused polled cattle. The By Nicholas von Hoffman
“I Become a Human When I Consume Art”: A Conversation with Choreographer Felipe Escalante By Caedra Scott-Flaherty