As President Barack Obama begins his campaign for tax hikes, Republicans are losing the political battle over the “fiscal cliff”–but not because Obama won re-election. Rather, they are losing for three reasons that have little to do with the election:
Democrats want to make the debate over UN Ambassador Susan Rice’s potential appointment as Secretary of State all about race and gender. Perhaps they are right: there hasn’t been a white male appointed to the post since Warren Christopher (who?).
In the fall of 1997, I joined Harvard’s environmental science and public policy program. In the introductory class, co-taught with the Kennedy School of Government, we were encouraged to think of politics as a process of social learning, in which
The announcement by Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak that he will leave politics after Israel’s elections in January 2013 is being treated as a surprise by both Israeli and international media. Yet in reality, Barak’s departure–his second retirement, after losing
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, host of the network’s weekly international affairs program and author of The Post-American World, has some advice to offer on how to be a “real American”: “Part of being a real American is urging the country to
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, former Chief of Staff in President Barack Obama’s White House, has written an op-ed in the Washington Post advising America, and Democrats in particular, to follow Chicago’s example in designing their policies, arguing that doing so will
As Wednesday night’s cease-fire went into effect–amidst continuing rocket fire from Hamas–many Israeli reservists returned home disappointed that the government had not launched the ground attack for which they had been called up. One soldier, quoted by Ynetnews, said that
The cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that went into effect on Wednesday evening–and which was promptly broken by Hamas–is an uncertain outcome for both sides. It is a clear victory, however, for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood government, which brokered the deal
The past year has been one of great highs and lows for conservatives. These are among the many whom we should thank and remember as we look towards the future. 10. Jim Jordan – The outgoing head of the Republican
Democrats have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving–and some rather unlikely people to thank: 10. Republican governors – In many of the important swing states–Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nevada–Republican governors who were elected in the Tea Party
Hamas has already violated the cease-fire negotiated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood government. According to sources within Israel, air raid sirens sounded in the city of Beer Sheva as the cease-fire went into effect at
Today’s bus bombing in central Tel Aviv–the first in more than six years–injured twenty-three people and will likely rule out any cease fire in the Gaza conflict in the coming days. The location of the blast is significant: it occurred
Buzzfeed’s McKay Coppins claims that “conservative media lost the election.” He echoes an emerging theme in the mainstream media and the Republican establishment, arguing that conservative outlets were wrong about the polls, and that we failed to make our narrative
Conservatives are being told that the recent election results are a sign that we have lost the “culture war” in the United States. Gay marriage proponents won state referenda for the first time, in four states. Pro-life candidates became a
Hamas has once again apparently been caught faking an image of a dead Palestinian child–this time using a child likely killed by its own rocket fire and claiming that an Israeli attack was responsible. CNN’s Sara Sidner ran a full
As a public service to our readers, and as a gesture towards civility in our national discourse, we offer the following how-to-guide for surviving Thanksgiving dinner at the home of your triumphant liberal relatives: Arrival. “Your home looks lovely. Almost
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) said today that its Operation Pillar of Cloud in Gaza has been largely successful thus far, with much of the Hamas arsenal of Iranian-made Fajr-5 rockets destroyed by Israeli air strikes. In a briefing with
The Department of Labor has announced that new jobless claims rose by a staggering 78,000 in the first week after the election, reaching a seasonally-adjusted total of 439,000. Over the past year, and in the weeks leading up to the
Israel and Hamas are not only trading fire; they’re trading tweets. Shortly after the Israel Defense Force (IDF) launched Operation Pillar of Cloud, targeting Hamas terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, the two sides fought a pitched battle on Twitter,
House Budget Committee chair Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has rejected President Barack Obama’s demand to raise taxes as part of Obama’s proposal to achieve $1.6 trillion in additional tax revenues to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” Instead, Ryan backed Speaker John
James Carter IV, grandson of former President Jimmy Carter and the man who brought Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” comment to light, has obtained a recording that he claims is proof that Republican objections to tax cuts are a secret appeal
With its strike on Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari today, Israel may have opened the first of what could soon be three fronts against Iran. The Israel Defense Force described the strike as the first of many in a campaign
The secret of Barack Obama’s re-election is simply that for millions of Americans, he was just good enough. He had not fulfilled the promise of 2008, but he had passed a silent threshold. His supporters weren’t particularly excited; they weren’t
President Barack Obama has responded to House Speaker John Boehner’s gesture last week towards reaching a deal to avoid the Jan. 1 “fiscal cliff” of tax hikes and spending cuts, putting a specific demand on the table: $1.6 trillion in
Scott Horsley of National Public Radio is a big fan of President Barack Obama–and is cheerleading for Obama’s attempt to get Republicans to agree to new tax hikes on the rich. His latest effort involves misusing exit poll data to
