Flexibility or Flip-Flopping?
In Sunday’s GOP presidential debate, Senator Sam Brownback went hard after former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for changing his position on abortion. Governor Romney explained his recent shift to...
View ArticleMaking DREAM a Reality
Mickey Kaus is gloating about the Senate’s failure to pass the DREAM Act. This legislation, which would create a new path to citizenship for minor children of undocumented immigrants who have clean...
View ArticleGiuliani’s Pseudo-Coup
Pat Robertson endorsed Rudy Giuliani for president today. This is a coup, but not for any substantive reason. Taken strictly as an electoral matter, the Robertson imprimatur is almost certainly a wash...
View ArticleLight, Truth, and the New Republic
At the beginning of my sophomore year in college, I decided that a part-time student job at Yale University Press would be a good line-item on my resume. At the interview, the editor, in a proud voice,...
View ArticleSilly Season for McCain
There are several stories today about John McCain’s possible vice-presidential picks. This is absurd for many reasons. Here are a few: 1) It is a 95 percent certainty that McCain will not announce his...
View ArticleAnother Approach to Iran
While the Obami fritter away time, dreaming up new excuses to do nothing on Iran, more responsible officials are moving forward. Today Sens. John Cornyn, John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Richard Durbin,...
View ArticleThe Fallout
The Republican Jewish Coalition, not unexpectedly, issued a lengthy statement blasting the administration’s handling of the Jerusalem housing situation. It takes the Obami to task for “harsh and...
View ArticleJindal, Brownback, and the State-Led Conservative Opposition
Since the one bright spot for Republicans in this past November’s general election was the party’s performance in gubernatorial elections, it’s no surprise that the states have become battlegrounds for...
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