Has the New York Times ever published a more over-the-top, irresponsible op ed column than this one? Not that it shouldn’t have been published: if Benny Morris represents even a small minority of Israeli public opinion, then his view is as newsworthy as it terrifying. Morris has a reputation as a respected historian…but it’s impossible [...]

Call it a soft launch. Friday afternoons in the dead heart of summer are not exactly when you make a splash in the news cycle. But this is when the McCain campaign chose to pull the trigger on its latest television ad, the harshest of the general election so far. It represents the beginnings of [...]

The campaign held a midday conference call to fill in a few more details about the upcoming trip. One bit of not-entirely-surprising news: No Brandenburg Gate. Obama aide Denis McDonough said the candidate felt that it would be “too presumptuous” to give the only major address of the trip from the spot where Ronald Reagan [...]