Making ‘The Link’: AIPAC’s New Crises
As its annual policy conference kicks off this weekend, AIPAC tamps down concerns about a U.S.-Israel rift, but still faces its worst fear in a challenge from U.S. military commanders: Will the link between destabilization in the rest of the Middle East and the crisis in Israel/Palestine become normalized in the minds of Americans?
The Abandoned Orphanage: Hillary Clinton’s Mother Teresa Moment
At the National Prayer Breakfast, Hillary Clinton fondly remembered how Mother Teresa—or perhaps God—compelled her to encourage adoption. The behind-the-scenes story of how The Family brokered a truce between the pro-choice Clinton and anti-choice nun, by moving Clinton rightward on reproductive rights.
Could we just look in the mirror, please?
Why the Obama/Hillary Clinton Approach to Middle East Peace is Doomed to Failure
There is a method to the madness indicated by the incoming Obama Administration but what kind of solution would it be?
African Anglo Male, Obama, Running Against White Anglo Female, Hillary...
...against Republican nominee, John McCain...
Dispatches from the Beltway: Beyond the Graying and Greening Religious Right
Less strident, less partisan, less defensive—the emerging evangelical center defies the stereotype...
A crop of new books on the waning influence of conservative Christianity in American politics.
The religious right leader’s apology for offensive remarks to the Jewish and female senators falls flat.
Now we have a chance to see what the religious right is made of.
Obama & Hillary: “Signifying is worse than lying!”
Anyone even remotely interested in the 2008 presidential election is probably well aware of...