Bibi's Bait-and-Switch
Eric Alterman is a professor of English and journalism at Brooklyn College and a professor of journalism at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author, most recently, of Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Important Ideals.
With today's speech, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could have had his Nixon-in-China moment. Instead, says Eric Alterman, he chose to ignore Obama's message from Cairo-and seal his political fate despite his conditional acceptance of a two-state solution.
All Talk, No Action
Matthew Yglesias is a Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. He is the author of Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats.
As Obama returns to the Oval Office today, conservatives are deriding his trip abroad as an "apology tour." But The Daily Beast's Matthew Yglesias says the president let down the left, as well.
Look Like an Egyptian?
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On his trip to Cairo, President Obama discovered an ancient hieroglyph who eerily resembled him. But Egyptian antiquities foretell of other celebrities. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
Obama in Cairo: Two Thumbs Up
Ted Widmer directs the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. He was a speechwriter and senior adviser to President Clinton.
A former Clinton speechwriter rates Obama's Cairo speech his best yet. Ted Widmer explains how the president's astute address to the Muslim world was of biblical proportions.
Write-Your-Own Obama Speech
Benjamin Sarlin is a reporter for The Daily Beast. He previously covered New York City politics for The New York Sun and has worked for talkingpointsmemo.com.
On the heels of Obama's Cairo address, The Daily Beast analyzed his most famous speeches. The result? A step-by-step guide to winning over pro-life activists, Muslims nations...and Paul Krugman.
Egypt's Billionaire Murderer
Eric Pape has reported on Europe and the Mediterranean region for Newsweek Magazine since 2003. He is co-author of the graphic novel Shake Girl, which was inspired by one of his articles. He has written for the Los Angeles Times magazine, Spin, Vibe, Le Courrier International, Salon, Los Angeles and others. He is based in Paris.
With the eyes of the world on President Obama in Egypt, the sentencing of a powerful Egyptian tycoon to hang for ordering the killing of a glamorous songstress shows how the Mideast's old rules about money and immunity are crumbling.
The president departs for Saudi Arabia Tuesday en route to the most anticipated speech of his presidency, in Cairo. Also on the itinerary: France and Germany, where Obama will memorialize those killed in World War II and the Holocaust. Six angles on Obama's world tour.
Dubai's Pop-Star Murder
Eric Pape has reported on Europe and the Mediterranean region for Newsweek Magazine since 2003. He is co-author of the graphic novel Shake Girl, which was inspired by one of his articles. He has written for the Los Angeles Times magazine, Spin, Vibe, Le Courrier International, Salon, Los Angeles and others. He is based in Paris.
A powerful Egyptian billionaire is sentenced to hang for ordering the killing of a glamorous songstress, showing how the Mideast's old rules about money and immunity are crumbling.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
The Daily Beast is dedicated to news and commentary, culture, and entertainment. We carefully curate the web’s most essential stories and bring you original must-reads from our talented contributors.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Jeffrey Koterba is an acclaimed syndicated political cartoonist. Since joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, he has been a finalist for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society and has placed second in the National Headliner Awards. His work is distributed through King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers nationwide, and has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post, among others.
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