The right frets that Obama is turning America into a police state. So why are grass-roots conservatives silent when Arizona is doing just that? Where are the tea partiers when we need them? For a year now, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and their minions...
A surprising percentage of women nominated to top government jobs have no children. Peter Beinart on why Obama should change that by tapping Diane Wood for the Supremes. I hope Barack Obama puts another woman on the Supreme Court. And this time, I...
Yes, the Democrats are going to get throttled this fall. But Obama has had so much success that he can afford spending a little time playing defense. It's a strange moment in Washington. With the stimulus bill and health-care reform now law, and...
Obama's potential Supreme Court pick banned military recruiting at Harvard Law. Peter Beinart on how that stance has damaged liberals-and why conservatives are right to bash her for it. President Obama is about to nominate someone for the Supreme...
A new New York Times poll shows Tea Partiers are grumpy, older, well-off Americans who think white people are oppressed-in other words, Republicans. "Populist," like "idealist," is one of those words reporters use when they've checked their critical...
Obama is meeting with 47 other heads of state to confront nuclear security-the largest gathering of leaders in the U.S. since 1945. Peter Beinart on the no drama, un-Bush summit. Although I'm embarrassed to admit it, the nuclear summit bores me. At...
Ever since health care passed, the president is getting comfortable with flexing his muscles. Peter Beinart on the rise of the liberal Reagan. Is it just me, or does Barack Obama seem different since health care passed? He's sticking it to the Senate...
The president lost the ideological battle over health-care reform. But by spotlighting what average Americans need, he transcended the left-right divide, and earned his place in history. When they turn health-care reform into a movie, I hope they...
President Obama himself will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu next week. Peter Beinart on the fallout for Netanyahu in the Mideast. Israel's diplomatic war with the United States will likely end the same way its real war ended last...