CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it had told Israel that it would not be “appropriate” for Israeli pilgrims to make an annual visit to the tomb of a 19th-century Jewish holy man in the Nile Delta, as activists mobilized to block the pilgrimage route. (more)
Earlier this week, shortly after North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il died, Jimmy Carter sent Kim Jong-il’s son, Kim Jong-un, a letter expressing his condolences. This is my best guess of what one of Carter’s letters to Kim Jong-un would look like: (more)
North Korea’s state-run news agency is reporting that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter expressed his condolences following the death of brutal dictator Kim Jong Il. (more)
Jimmy Carter’s top national security adviser, Polish-born Zbigniew Brzezinski, expanded his assault on Americans, calling the 2012 GOP candidates, the Tea Party and even the Washington Post ignorant of foreign policy. (more)
Which presidential candidate said this in an ad: “I refuse to make your family pay more so that millionaires can pay less?” Who promised to “fight for seniors” against opponents who wanted to “slash Medicare?” (more)
One thousand forty-one days into his presidency, Barack Obama’s approval rating is lower than any other U.S. president in modern history at this point into a first White House term. (more)
Where’s the evidence President Obama can win the 2012 election? (more)
President Barack Obama told a Florida TV station yesterday that the United States is facing economic difficulties because it has “gotten a little soft” during the last 20 years. (more)
Although we’re some 14 months out of the 2012 presidential election, knowing who will be facing President Barack Obama is still up in the air. (more)
As President Barack Obama’s approval rating continues to bottom out in various polls, the inevitable comparisons with President Jimmy Carter have emerged. (more)
On the 40th anniversary of the War on Drugs, one of its oldest opponents has once again come out swinging. (more)
A leading Republican voice on national security said Tuesday that presidential contender Mitt Romney risks looking like Jimmy Carter if he doesn’t take a stronger stance on Afghanistan. (more)
High unemployment, an energy crisis and even “stagflation.” President Obama’s first term has been the second term Jimmy Carter never had. Carter campaigned as “A leader, for a change,” while Obama’s slogan was “Change we can believe in.” If those parallels weren’t enough, Obama can now claim his own hostage crisis. (more)
Former President Jimmy Carter and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari were hoping to visit the State Department this week to brief officials on their recent trip to North Korea, but nobody at the State Department was available to meet with them. (more)
“Electricity prices in America are low,” stated Richard Caperton of the Center for American Progress. What he really means is that electricity prices are too low for our own good and need to be further taxed. (more)
Politico’s Alexander Burns trumpets President Obama’s newly minted reputation as a tough-on-national-security leader. In “President Obama dashes ‘Jimmy Carter’ label” he notes: “Obama’s overall approval numbers have rallied since May 1, when he announced Bin Laden’s death from the East Room of the White House.” (more)
Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter has a favorite in the race for the Republican nomination for president. (more)
President Obama came into office pledging a new approach to the Middle East. We were told that his middle name — Hussein — would give him unprecedented entrée to the corridors of power in that troubled region — and to the Arab street. (more)
Although plenty of comparisons have been made between Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter, the latest incursion into Libya hasn’t elicited many. In fact, the move has garnered praise from some neoconservatives. (more)
Eleven years after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, on the eve of America’s great centennial celebration, counterfeiters formed a plot to steal his body from its honored grave in Springfield, Illinois. They had plans to hold the body for ransom. The U.S. Secret Service was able, happily, to disrupt this ghoulish plot. (more)
