Elisabeth Rosenthal, Yale Environment 360. October 1, 2009. In Europe it is far easier to channel your good intentions into action. And you feel far worse if you don’t.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Media and Technology. June 5, 2009. "Stop it, all of you," may be five of the more important words the president will utter on his trip.
Lisa Derrick, La Figa AlterNet: PEEK. March 8, 2009. his week German authorities, including 800 police, raided residences and offices across the country.
Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360. January 26, 2009. Recent backpedaling in Europe may signal the end of its leadership on climate change. Can Obama push America to the font?
Sarah Lazare, AlterNet. January 8, 2009. Shepherd has been living underground in Germany for nearly two years; he applied for refugee status on the grounds that the Iraq War is illegal.
Jaclyn Belczyk, Jurist Legal News and Research AlterNet: PEEK. December 23, 2008. Germany supports closing Guantanamo and is calling on other members of the European Union to take in prisoners too.
John Gorenfeld, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. July 25, 2008. "Will the MSM force Obama to admit that, as president, he will do nothing to stop Duke Frederick III from annexing duchies?"
Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 21, 2008. Talks with Iran about its nuclear program fail. Which isn't a surprise, given that the U.S. "senior diplomatic official" didn't speak.
Jon Ponder, Pensito Review AlterNet: PEEK. January 11, 2008. This just further reminds us of the unique kid-glove treatment George W. Bush receives from the media.
William Astore, Tomdispatch.com. November 9, 2007. After holding so few high-level government and military officials accountable for failures in Iraq, Bush needs a scapegoat.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. July 24, 2007. Adam Howard: Germans aren't very happy about a new film in which Cruise will play Hitler's would-be assassin.
Mary Wiltenburg, Der Spiegel. March 26, 2007. As criticism of the Iraq war grows at home, some US soldiers abroad increasingly are rejecting Bush's mission. On military bases across Germany, many are now seeking a way out through desertion or early discharge.
