Justin Elliott's Blog, page 25

Is Obama planning to attack Gadhafi's forces?

The administration reportedly seeks U.N. authority for possible military strikes against the Libyan leader

Haley Barbour's Google problem

The Mississippi governor's mixed record on race haunts him on the Web

U.S. escalates warning on Japan nuclear crisis

The new official line from the White House suggests the situation is getting worse than the Japanese have said

Haley Barbour: Anti-war candidate?

The Mississippi governor expresses skepticism about the war in Afghanistan

Joe Miller in hot water for ties to militia leader

An Alaska militia guru -- and friend of Joe Miller -- has been charged in a plot to kill judges and police officers

Debunking a viral blog post on the nuke threat

An MIT researcher's claim that there was no threat of radiation in Japan was picked up widely, then it fell apart

What the media missed about the nuclear lobby

The DC-based Nuclear Energy Institute represents Japanese firms -- including the company whose plants are in crisis

Poll: Support for Afghan war plummets

But the bipartisan Washington consensus in support of the war appears unmoved

Crisis casts doubt on nuke industry P.R. campaign

Years of well-funded public-relations efforts have asserted that nuclear power is completely safe

It's official: Sharia will be an issue in 2012

Rick Santorum derides Islamic law at a political dinner in New Hampshire