The Debate Link

Even after his upset primary win a few weeks ago, there have been some Democrats who have been trying to rally an "independent" ca...

On Syria, I have for the last several years stuck to the position that (a) it's an incredibly complicated and delicate situation with ma...

The Obama administration struggled when it came to Syria. That struggle was honestly arrived at. It pitted a brutal tyrant, massacring his o...

Harold Pollack, responding to Barack Obama's declaration that no one over the age of eight should ever put ketchup on a hot dog, tweeted...

Given that three of my last eight posts have been about the question of anti-Semitism as part of the Iran deal debate, it may surprise yo...

Tablet Magazine has a sternly-worded editorial which concludes as follows: We do not accept the idea that Senator Schumer or anyone else ...

Conspiracy theories are a funny thing. They often start with a small mistake -- an implausible inference elevated to obvious truth, an unrem...

Poor Loretta Lynch. Of course Republicans are going to try and sink her. Or people who share her name . Whatever. It's nothing persona...

My general view, and problem, with Bibi Netanyahu is that I think he's a giant political coward whose only interest is in short-term po...

Impeachment is the word of the day, as after faux-scandal after faux-scandal have failed to stick, Republicans have finally found a governme...

Word in from Peter Beinart is that AIPAC will not oppose former Sen. Chuck Hagel's (R-NE) nomination as Defense Secretary ( perhaps Ber...

This is a very interesting and, in its way, very tragic column by Peter Beinart on the potential nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-N...

A provision in President Obama's proposed American Jobs Act would prohibit employers from discriminating against prospective employees o...

Foreign Policy Magazine blogger Josh Rogin has a piece up announcing "White House: Jewish 'refugees' right of return should be...

Shorter Newsreal : Obama's proposal to let states offer alternative health care plans so long as they "can cover as many people a...

This just out from the DOJ : In the two years since this Administration took office, the Department of Justice has defended Section 3 of the...

I saw the headline: "GOPer calls Obama administration 'corrupt'" , and immediately guessed "Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)!...

Like Pejman Yousefzadeh and (apparently) the rest of the Jewish community, I'm personally outraged that the Obama Administration has ye...

Democrats, led by President Obama, are trying to reverse the influence of corporate money on elections in the wake of Citizens United , hav...

President Obama has issued a revision of when the US will use nuclear weaponry : Mr. Obama’s strategy is a sharp shift from those of his pre...