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Israel Under Bush: The Islamophobia Years

By Joel Schalit

…re is not much to argue with. Whether it is due to agreement over monetary policy or a shared emphasis on the positive role of religion in the public sphere—as Jews, they are more welcome than ever. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with the idea of Jews finding a place for themselves in such spaces. Especially in the United States, where Jews are frequently stereotyped for their liberalism (witness how often Israeli conservatives complain that…

Cali Dept of Corrections v. Peter Laarman On Prison Crowding

By The Editors

…of society. We’ve made remarkable progress under realignment, but this policy is still nascent. Let’s give it a chance to work before we further burden locals – and jeopardize public safety – with the release of thousands of inmates. With the clock ticking, the emergency plan the Governor is pursuing allows the state to meet the federal court order, while we continue to make long-term improvements to California’s criminal justice system. That’…

RD News Round-Up—September 22, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…ish Telegraphic Agency. Judeo-Christian Politicking: The Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank founded by Ernest Lefever and formerly headed by Neoconservative hawk Elliott Abrams (as mentioned above), was “established in 1976 to clarify and reinforce the bond between the Judeo-Christian moral tradition and the public debate over domestic and foreign policy issues.” These days, it is all about support for McCain/Pa…

Lindsey Graham’s Lying “Eye-ranians”

By Haroon Moghul

…w I feel like you’re going to contrast everything he made up about foreign policy with everything I know about foreign policy. But what he said is important, and deserves to be expounded on, and so that’s what I’m going to do. Because I, like you, can imagine a universe in which Lindsey Graham is our President, and, well, let’s not think too hard about the Book of Revelation. I have a few questions, or rather concerns. The first of which is, what…

Mitt, Moochers, and Mormonism’s “Other” Legacy

By Mary Barker

…ter. Libertarian economics thus intertwined with cosmic reality to animate policy debates. But even this is an older story of rightward bias. The Church supported right-to-work legislation even before the dawn of the twentieth century. As early as 1886, the Deseret News opposed any binding union activities. The Apostle Joseph F. Merrill, speaking at the 1941 Conference, referred to closed shops as “Satan’s club,” and in 1965, the Prophet David O….

Excommunicated For ‘Grave Scandal’ of Ordaining Women

By Roy Bourgeois

…ican Radio to do a 15-minute live interview about the SOA and U.S. foreign policy. With two minutes left and moved by the spirit, I recognized an opportunity to express my solidarity with women in the Church, so I said, “We have been discussing the injustice of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. As a Catholic priest, I want to say that there will never be justice in our Church until women can be ordained.” I had about another minute remaining a…

Sex Work: In Bed with the Religious Right

By Dagmar Herzog

…on, and the religious right is still having a big impact on global health policy as well as policy and education at the state level. What alternative title would you give the book? How the Religious Right did the Sex Work for the Republican Party How do you feel about the cover? It’s great. The red, white, and blue makes clear this is about national politics–but also the style has a whiff of ’60s pop art. Is there a book out there you wish you ha…

Diplomatic Suckerhood: Why Israel Is Fighting Toward its Own Demise

By Ira Chernus

…asive, it has now become a self-fulfilling prophecy that can shape Israeli policy. According to an unnamed “senior Israeli official” quoted in Ha’aretz, “Israel is skeptical” that US envoy George Mitchell “would be able to coax Arab states to make concrete normalization commitments if only a temporary settlement freeze was declared.” In other words, since we know that the other side hates us and will never make peace, we won’t take a first step to…

Wiesel to Romney: Stop LDS Baptisms of Holocaust Victims

By Joanna Brooks

…y non-family members, and then must indicate that they are in keeping with policy when they submit names for proxy rites. But violations continue, and they are a source of great shame and embarrassment. Perhaps more can be done. Listening in on conversations among Mormons this week, I’ve heard important ideas bubbling up from within the community about how to instill greater accountability: What if LDS Church members who use the Family Search data…

Is Sarah Palin The New Leader Of The Christian Right?

By Sarah Posner

…e been writing about Sarah Palin since the moment the Council for National Policy blessed John McCain’s selection of her as his running mate. And there’s no question: her cred with the religious right is enhanced by being a woman. But that won’t make her the movement’s new leader — precisely because she is a woman. At Newsweek, Lisa Miller writes, “The Christian right is now poised to become a women’s movement—and Sarah Palin is its earthy Jerry F…