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Bloomberg View Expands With Jon Landman Hire And More Jeffrey Goldberg

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 04.10.2013 | Media

NEW YORK -– Bloomberg View, the news organization's nearly 2-year-old opinion section, has hired veteran journalist Jonathan Landman to the newly cr...

Language, Culture Can Have Dire Political Consequences for the King of Jordan

Ali Younes | Posted 03.26.2013 | World
Ali Younes

When the Atlantic published an article by Jeffrey Goldberg about his interview and impressions of King Abdullah of Jordan, Jordan was swept in a political storm that has yet to quiet down.

King Abdullah: Muslim Brotherhood Are 'Wolves In Sheep's Clothing"

The Atlantic | Jeffrey Goldberg | Posted 03.20.2013 | World

It is still, on occasion, good to be the king. It is not necessarily good to be the king of a Middle Eastern country that is bereft of oil; nor is ...

James Fallows "Slithers" Into My Recent Reference to Gertrude Stein

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.17.2012 | Media
Robert David Jaffee

James Fallows wrote of Romney, "there is so little there, there." Isn't it funny that a few days earlier, in a column comparing Romney to Hemingway's Jake Barnes, I wrote of the Republican nominee that "there is no there there"?

Think Again: When It Comes to Bruce Springsteen, Chris Christie Is Missing the Point

Eric Alterman | Posted 09.11.2012 | Media
Eric Alterman

While the governor loves Springsteen, the artist heartily disapproves of virtually everything he and his fellow conservatives seek to accomplish.

Passover Is A Time To Renew Jewish-African American Common Cause

Rabbi Edward Bernstein | Posted 06.04.2012 | Religion
Rabbi Edward Bernstein

The Israelites may have left Egypt, but in many ways, we still experience Egypt. Humans still treat people who are different as "other." Until that stops, we are all still enslaved to prejudice and its consequences.

Commentaries For A New American Passover Seder

Posted 03.29.2012 | Religion

Jews have a special relationship to books, and the Haggadah -- the user’s manual for the Passover seder -- has been translated more widely, and repr...

Barack Obama Is Such a Traditional Jew Sometimes

Jeffrey Goldberg | Posted 05.15.2012 | Politics
Jeffrey Goldberg

George W. Bush was, in his own way, a philo-Semite, but he never would have made such a member-of-the-tribe kind of joke as Barack Obama did when I recently handed him a copy of the New American Haggadah.

Obama's Smart Red Lines on Iran

Joel Rubin | Posted 02.24.2012 | Politics
Joel Rubin

Instead of political pandering and promoting a reckless policy, Obama is making it clear that while he seeks to resolve the challenge from Iran, he also has policy red lines that should not be crossed.

Nakba Is in the Eyes of the Beholder

David Suissa | Posted 07.18.2011 | World
David Suissa

Perhaps the biggest disaster is the inability of the Arab world to see the Jewish state as anything but a cursed presence. Call me a cynic, but I don't think peace has a chance when Arabs still see the birth of Israel as a Nakba.

Michael Calderone

REVEALED: Columnists Join Bloomberg's New Opinion Stable

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 06.28.2011 | Media

Last night, The Huffington Post revealed the full editorial board for Bloomberg News’ forthcoming editorial section, Bloomberg View. While a cou...

What Is a Democracy?

Van Gosse | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Van Gosse

Our democratic system is still hobbled by the deliberately unrepresentative structures bequeathed to us by federalism. So if you care about democracy, we have our work cut out for us.

The Atlantic's Jeff Goldberg Despairs About Israel

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
MJ Rosenberg

Goldberg has had an epiphany: if Israel continues on its current course, it is finished. Although in the past, he always believed that Israel would choose democracy over occupation, he is no longer sure.

U.S. Jews And Evangelicals Help Israel Rebuild After Fires

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Michele Chabin Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS) American Jews and evangelical Christians are taking a central role in rebuilding the Carmel re...

Fidel Castro Joins the Opposition

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Yoani Sanchez

To see Fidel Castro acknowledge the failure of "his" political model, makes me feel like I'm watching a scene where an actor gesticulates and raises his voice so that the public won't look away.

The Ground Zero Muslim Center -- How Low Can We Go?

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Larry Gellman

For some reason, those who demonize all Muslims don't realize that they are holding millions of peaceful, law-abiding, tax paying, American citizens to a similar warped standard.

The War Against Iran Begins

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Allison Kilkenny

If Jeffrey Goldberg's irresponsible myth-building sounds familiar, it's because this is exact the same "journalmalism" technique utilized in the lead-up to the Iraq invasion.

A Campaign For War With Iran Begins

salon.com | Tracy Clark | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Obama administration officials, as well as U.S. lawmakers and European diplomats passionately made the argument this spring that tough sanctions on Ir...

Neocon War Plans Undermine Iranians' Quest for Democracy

Shawn Amoei | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Shawn Amoei

Bombing Iran would do nothing short of destroy Iran's chances for democracy. Neoconservatives who argue an attack on Iran would do wonders for the Green Movement are pushing an idea that is not just wrong, but dangerous.

Is Netanyahu a "Bomber Boy"?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Steve Clemons

Both Obama and Netanyahu would be wise to think through ways to halt the dysfunctional, paranoiac escalation between Iran and Israel.

Christopher Hitchens: 'I'm Dying'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Christopher Hitchens sat down with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg for a frank and fascinating conversation on his cancer and his religious beliefs. ...

So Much Heat, So Little Light

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Larry Gellman

What I continue to find shocking is that the message, tactics, and unrelenting anger of the Republican Party are becoming echoed and displayed by so many Americans who call themselves "pro-Israel."

Cordesman Game Show: So You Think You Can Win This War?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Steve Clemons

You really think you can dance WIN THIS WAR?? -- Anthony H. Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy (not really; just hypothetically...

A Whole Bunch of Inconvenient Truths

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Larry Gellman

At the end of the day, many of us must need villains more than we need hope, real solutions and intellectual honesty. How inconvenient.

UAE Ambassador: We 'Absolutely' Want U.S. To Stop Iran By Force

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

According to United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef al-Otaiba, efforts to prevent Iran from going nuclear by use of military force are be...