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It was eerily familiar. Karl Rove and Ken Mehlman announce their intention to focus the election around security. Ignoring the fact that he cut before he had the chance to…

Once again, dear reader, you have the advantage: writing Monday about a Tuesday election, you know the results as you read, but I do not as I write. Whatever the…

To paraphrase the title of a popular self-help book: All I really needed to know about the Middle East I learned from one meeting. Openly reported, it took place July…

Critics of Israel’s performance in the Hezbollah War argue their attacks are not “proportionate” because more Lebanese have died than Israelis. This twisted use of the concept of proportionality is…

While war dominates the headlines, a congressional debate is occurring that, within a decade, will be seen as a political turning point. In the stem-cell debate, Democrats are playing our…

George Bush is acting like a wimp, and it is endangering the security of our country.   I never really thought I would write those words, but today I can,…

“Stay the course” is not a plan for Iraq – especially because no one can even define the course we are urged to stay. Republican sloganeering covers up a failure…

No one listening to the recent Iraq debate can doubt the final triumph of Orwellian Newspeak. The commentary revealed widespread acceptance of language as a tool to obfuscate, manipulate and…

Sometimes your best just isn’t good enough. No matter how well I do, for instance, I will never get near a 9.4-second 100-yard dash. President Bush has been crowing about…

In their illuminating study of Republican manipulation, professors Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson argue that “the 2001 tax cuts did not pass because ordinary voters wanted them.” In supporting their…