The End of Michele Bachmann?
Even Republicans can’t stomach her Islamophobic conspiracy theories.
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AIPAC and the Israel Lobby: A Graphic Retrospective
How did AIPAC come about? How influential is it? How does it exert force on our lawmakers? All this and more in a short journalistic comic. Includes bonus comic on lobbying.
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Making ‘The Link’: AIPAC’s New Crises
As its annual policy conference kicks off this weekend, AIPAC tamps down concerns about a U.S.-Israel rift, but still faces its worst fear in a challenge from U.S. military commanders: Will the link between destabilization in the rest of the Middle East and the crisis in Israel/Palestine become normalized in the minds of Americans?
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The Abandoned Orphanage: Hillary Clinton’s Mother Teresa Moment
At the National Prayer Breakfast, Hillary Clinton fondly remembered how Mother Teresa—or perhaps God—compelled her to encourage adoption. The behind-the-scenes story of how The Family brokered a truce between the pro-choice Clinton and anti-choice nun, by moving Clinton rightward on reproductive rights.
Read MoreClinton on “A Syndicate of Terror”
Could we just look in the mirror, please?
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African Anglo Male, Obama, Running Against White Anglo Female, Hillary…
…against Republican nominee, John McCain…
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Dispatches from the Beltway: Beyond the Graying and Greening Religious Right
Less strident, less partisan, less defensive—the emerging evangelical center defies the stereotype…
Read MoreReview: Is the Religious Right Dying?
A crop of new books on the waning influence of conservative Christianity in American politics.
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Why the Obama/Hillary Clinton Approach to Middle East Peace is Doomed to Failure
There is a method to the madness indicated by the incoming Obama Administration but what kind of solution would it be?
Read MoreBy the Way: Richard Land’s Non-Apology
The religious right leader’s apology for offensive remarks to the Jewish and female senators falls flat.
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