Think Tanks for Sale or Rent

In an eyebrow-raising 4,000-word exposé, “Foreign Powers Buy Influence at Think Tanks,” published in the New York Times on September 7, Eric Lipton, Brooke Williams, and Nicholas Confessore look into the novel issue of foreign-governmental financing for American think tanks.

Why Rouhani Loves NY

Ahead of US trip, media continues to present Iranian president as a moderate, and natural ally for the US.

Islam and the “Killing of Innocents”

Last week, before the Islamic State beheaded its third Westerner, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that, “ISIL is not Islamic. No religion condones the killing of innocents.”