Liberals, including myself and Daily Banter editor Michael Luciano, were taken slightly aback last month by a temporary moment of clarity in which Glenn Beck admitted he was wrong about the Iraq war. Don't worry, though. Whatever produced that fleeting epiphany has since ...read more

By Sebastian Rotella A rare inside look at Hezbollah during a recent terror trial in Cyprus portrayed a militant group with the prowess of an intelligence service: meticulous overseas reconnaissance, Western operatives with elaborate covers, training at secret bases where ...read more

Seriously: The notion that a poorly funded nationalist movement in Lebanon whose stated aim is to reclaim land stolen by Israel would attack the world's largest super power through a desperately impoverished island nation is, quite simply, insane. Unfortunately, this is US ...read more