If the back and forth between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over her proposal for a gas-tax holiday has a vaguely familiar ring to it, there’s a reason. In 1992, her husband made Paul Tsongas’ proposed gas tax increase a major issue in their Democratic primary fight: “It is frustrating for me to be told [...]

Obama supporters are giggling over this: We are SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON, the wife of the former United States head of state, PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, and also SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN, friend and associate of current head of state PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH. We got your contact through business inquiries as we were searching for contacts of [...]

Key West, FL> So, I thought that a panel on the persistence of religious beliefs wouldn’t have a ton of relevance to contemporary politics. Spoke to soon! The presenter was Andy Newberg, a professor radiology and religious studies and the author of “Why We Believe What We Believe,” a book that gained some notoriety a [...]

Key West, FL Mike Gerson and Bill Galston just gave the first presentations here at the Pew Forum’s biannual conference on religion and public life. Gerson talked about the growing split between the new generation of Evangelicals and the one before, and Galston talked about Hillary and Catholic voters. Some juicy data points and theories [...]

When Michael Yon–who has spent as much or more time on the ground in Iraq as anyone–speaks, I listen, even when I disagree. And while it is undoubtedly true, as Yon argues, that elements of the Sadrist militia have devolved into criminality, it is also true that Sadrism is, arguably, the most popular trend among [...]

From “This Week,” George S. asking Hillary Clinton about her gas tax holiday idea: STEPHANOPOULOS: But can you name an economist who thinks this makes sense? CLINTON: Well, I’ll tell you what, I’m not going to put my lot in with economists, because I know if we get it right, if we actually did it [...]