President Barack Obama addresses graduates of The Ohio State University. “Citizenship is a harder, higher road to take, but …
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Austerity Strikes Back: Budget Hawks Regroup After the Reinhart/Rogoff Affair
Austerity supporters have responded to the Reinhart/Rogoff fallout with a “keep calm and carry on” demeanor, argued that the real problem is uncertainty, or countered that we’re still measuring the wrong thing.
Republicans Fear Clinton in 2016
Republican leaders plotted their party’s political comeback on Thursday with plans to court minority voters and modernize their political operations. But some wondered if one person could make it all for naught: Hillary Clinton.
Kerry Walks Softly Out of the Gate
The Obama White House will be watching Kerry’s words closely in the initial months.
Cardinal Dolan Reacts to the Pope’s Resignation
Pope Benedict XVI stepped down today in an announcement that surprised the Catholic world. There is no modern precedent for a papal resignation–the last pope to resign was Gregory XII in 1415. Pope “B16,” as he is affectionately …
Ten Years Since Colin Powell Presented Case for Iraq War
On February 5, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell went to the U.N. to present the American case to go to war with Iraq.
Religious Groups Remain Concerned About Contraception Mandate
Religious nonprofits won’t have to pay for contraception coverage under ObamaCare, but their employees must be offered the benefit, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Friday in a rule-making proposal.
The Israel Lobby and Hagel
Jeff Goldberg has an interesting post about the mixed feelings that the America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) may have about launching a major lobbying campaign against Chuck Hagel.
The Weird Resonance of #Mintthecoin
Here is a thought exercise. It’s 3013. You’re a historian, and you want to teach your students about the temporary dementia that gripped the political-media complex a millennium ago. I submit that you could do worse than to give …
Condi’s Middle East
Condoleezza Rice has a scarifying op-ed in the Washington Post today in which she argues correctly that the Middle East may be on the brink of a rejiggering of borders — and, incorrectly, that if we don’t become more active diplomatically, Iran will be the big winner.
The Benghazi Circus
Well, I’ve been on a desert island since the election–and I return to find the tawdry sadness of David Petraeus‘ resignation after a lifetime of service to our country. And the even more tawdry attempts by various Republicans to create a scandal over the tragic deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others in the Benghazi terror attack.
The Petraeus Affair: Why Was Obama Kept in the Dark?
A 2007 memo by former attorney general Michael Mukasey suggests the Justice Department may have been remiss in shielding the spy chief’s extramarital affair from the President.
Senate Intelligence Committee to Probe Petraeus Affair
The committee’s top Republican says it will hold hearings during the lame duck session into whether Petraeus’s biographer, Paula Broadwell, was given classified information
