The most interesting thing about Jeb Bush’s statement that, even knowing Saddam Hussein had no chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons, he’d still have supported the Iraq War, isn’t the beating he’s taking from liberals and the punditocracy. It’s the beating he’s taking from conservatives. The Washington Post compiled some of the right-wing outrage. The appalled include The Washington Examiner’s Byron York, who wrote that, “If ...
I’m sorry to pick on Maryland Senator Ben Cardin. But all accounts he’s a thoughtful, decent man. But no one looks good when defending the indefensible. …
The congressman's public flogging doesn't fit the crime, and is emblematic of our kick-'em-when-they're-down culture. Peter Beinart on why we need a new rulebook for political sex scandals. Excuse me for asking, but why exactly should Anthony...
With the initial objective of vanquishing al Qaeda largely achieved, and the latest goal of luring the Taliban into a power-sharing deal out of reach, the main reason the U.S. is still at war in Afghanistan is inertia-not logic, says Peter Beinart. On...
Unemployment has edged up again two months in a row, and economic conditions are bad for most Americans, but the president's strong personal approval ratings and a roster of weak potential GOP opponents mean he will win a second term, writes Peter...
There is no better moment for the ex-governor, who would snare most of the social-conservative votes that might have gone to Mike Huckabee and Haley Barbour-and in 2016 would be old news and face a stronger primary field, writes Peter Beinart. Sarah...
As Congress applauded Netanyahu's tough speech, a young Ramallah man talked about creating a Palestinian Tahrir Square, using nonviolence-and the hope that American Jews would back such a civil rights approach. Political reality suggests otherwise,...
President Obama's parameters for a new round of Mideast peace talks were designed to head off U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state based strictly on 1967 borders-which would be catastrophic for Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu's immediate rejection of the...
In his Mideast speech, President Obama rejected Bush's blind allegiance to Israel and put himself squarely on the side of human rights. Can we now, after the president's Thursday Mideast speech, finally stop calling Barack Obama a "realist?" Please....
The converging of thousands of Palestinians on Israel's borders is a sign that they have lost faith in American promises-and that if Israel and the U.S. don't work toward a Palestinian state near 1967 lines, others will seize the initiative in shaping...