Mideast talks fall apart, as Israel lets West Bank settlements begin anew. Peter Beinart on how American Jewish groups tie Obama's hands-and work against peace. This just in, for anyone in the United States who still cares: Israel has not renewed...
The departure of Larry Summers leaves a power vacuum in Washington. Look for Obama's Chicago circle to fill it-and watch the gloves come off. Larry Summers has succeeded. We don't yet know whether historians will judge the economic policy that he...
Go ahead, pull your party to the far right, Sarah. But your ideological purification drive will spell doom soon. Peter Beinart on what the GOP should learn from 1972. This weekend, Sarah Palin again played footsie with a 2012 presidential run. Maybe...
The country didn't swing right Tuesday night. Only the hard right bothered to vote. Peter Beinart on how compulsory balloting could prevent the next Christine O'Donnell. I just got back from Australia. Nice country; it's like California, but solvent....
The politics of mosques and Korans show America to be in the worst spasm of paranoia and bigotry since the Cold War. Peter Beinart on the political roots of the enemy within. With each new attack on a mosque, each new anti-Muslim slur by a prominent...
He was supposed to change Washington. But the president's strategy in the Middle East and Afghanistan has lacked courage and creativity-and pales in comparison with Bush's. Just over three years ago, acclaimed author and campaign adviser Samantha...
When a reporter in Ohio asked Obama if he regretted entering the debate over the mosque being built near Ground Zero, the president thought for a moment and said "The answer is: no regrets." Obama said on Friday that he supported the right of Muslims...
Conservative fury over the "ground zero" mosque shows that when it comes to the battle for freedom and religious liberty, the U.S. has thrown in the towel. And why are Jews so thrilled to be in lockstep with the heirs of Pat Robertson? The president...
General Motors posted strong second-quarter profit-the latest sign that Obama saved Detroit. Peter Beinart on why the voters will punish everyone who supported the effort anyway. Good news! The head of General Motors is stepping down after the...
On issues from immigration to Islam, the 43rd president staked out a view far more progressive than today's conservatives. Peter Beinart on how declining U.S. confidence has changed the right. In the age of Obama, I always assumed that the Democratic...