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Obama the Zionist Journeys to Palestine

Steve Posner | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Steve Posner

Obama understands that American presidents need to be Zionists if a White House brokered Mideast peace is to last.

Clearly, They'll Say Barack Obama Is a Muslim

Dan Sweeney | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


Dan Sweeney

After a solid week in which John McCain has epically failed to take the headlines off Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East, and how the prevailing m...

"Who Sent You?" -- The Coming Attack on Obama

Dave Johnson | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


Dave Johnson

At least one major right-wing smear attack on Obama may be gearing up. I'll call it the "Who Sent You" campaign. As weird as it sounds -- and it is ...

To Cancel or Not To Cancel My New Yorker Subscription

Garrett Socol | Posted 07.15.2008 | Home


Personally, I do not care if my president is Christian, Jewish, Lutheran, follows Confucianism, Hindu, Taoist, Presbyterian, Chinese Universalist or an Atheist......and neither should you.

Oh I Get It, The Left Just Doesn't Want to Win This Year

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics


Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Obama's a pragmatist, not a messiah. He has to win in order to make the changes I want. What merit is there in attacking him for his stance on FISA, now?

Don't Blow it Barack

Lucy Carrigan | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics


Lucy Carrigan

Up until now, the Obama campaign has been smarter in its dealings with controversy, but they feared what some right wing Republicans will do with a picture of Barack Obama and, god-forbid, a Muslim.

After the Historical Race Speech, Obama Should Address Islam and the West

Omid Memarian | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics


Omid Memarian

Like exports such as McDonald's, Disneyland and Starbucks, America's horrible characterization of Islam has spread to other countries. With a speech on this issue, Obama could start to end this trend.

Politics on the Couch: Paranoid Anxiety, Splitting, and Racism

Justin Frank | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics


Justin Frank

If the war on terror is a fear-based war against Muslim extremists, how will people respond to Obama's middle name, Hussein?

Why Won't Journalists Check with Experts?

Mark Kleiman | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media


Mark Kleiman

I'm glad the NYT public editor called out the op-ed editor on their "Obama is a Muslim apostate" nonsense. But there's a deeper pathology here, one that extends well beyond the opinion pages.

The Repubs' War on One Particular Scientist

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics


Michelle Pilecki

So you'd think the US would want to hold onto good nuclear physicists, right? Especially American citizens who have been active in the community as well as excellent scientists?

There ISN'T anything wrong with that

Mariangela Anzalone | Posted 04.22.2008 | Home


Mariangela Anzalone

Obama is not Muslim. He's not a terrorist, either. He has said so many, many times. Yet the internet campaign continues. Addressing the matter again this week, he at last said what I wanted to hear.

My Muslim Passover

Evan Kleiman | Posted 04.17.2008 | Living


Evan Kleiman

My boyfriend was a Persian Muslim. Eventually my mother said the sentence I dreaded. "We should have his family over for Passover. "

Nice Jewish Girl Attends Jum'a Before Shabbat

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 04.14.2008 | Living


Leora Tanenbaum

In an effort to improve Muslim-Jewish relations in NYC, the city's most prominent mosque and the flagship seminary of the Jewish Conservative movement have reached out to one another.

Let Them Wear Scarves

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics


Amitai Etzioni

Can you explain to me why thoughtful people, including several renowned public intellectuals, oppose the right of women to choose to wear headscarves -- on campuses out of all places?

World's Nicest Man

Russ Wellen | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Russ Wellen

How do we welcome him into the US? Why, detain him and confiscate his passport, of course. What else do you do with a Muslim, even if he is a Nobel Pe...

25% of Anti-Obama Dems Think He's a Muslim

Art Levine | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics


Art Levine

All the smear tactics aimed at Barack Obama appear to be working with key segments of the voters who support Hillary -- no matter how false the charges.

The Real Divide We Should Be Focused On...

Tim Roemer | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics


Tim Roemer

The Muslim world has as much stake as the United States in defeating violent extremism, and we must bridge this communication gap.

The Shocking Secret That Will Cost Barack Obama the Election (vers. 37-41)

August J. Pollak | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics


August J. Pollak

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Obama and Clinton Forces: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?

Michael Russnow | Posted 03.16.2008 | Politics


Michael Russnow

We Democrats are dangerously close to helping the Republicans score a renewal of the White House lease because the two Democratic front runners are so close in their political philosophies.

So What If Obama Were a Muslim?

Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics


Eve Tahmincioglu

The tone in the press makes it sound like Obama possibly being a Muslim would be on par with screwing around behind his wife's back, or being a pedophile.

Hillary Crossed the Line

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics


Tom D'Antoni

On Sunday's 60 Minutes, when asked if she believed Obama was a Muslim, Hillary Clinton crossed an unforgivable line.

Defending the Facts on Obama's Faith

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics


Jim Wallis

Like his politics or not, don't disparage Barack Obama's faith, his church, his minister, or his credibility as an eloquent Christian layman who feels a vocation in politics.

The McDevil Made Me Do It: Drive-thru Fast Food Religio-political Fare

Linda Hansen | Posted 02.28.2008 | Home


Linda Hansen

There have long been Mormons and Muslims and Things That Go Bump on the Right. Scary politics. The fear doctrine has worked so well conservatives have refined it.

Question to Obama and Clinton: Would Anything Be Unacceptable in Having a Muslim President

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

I fear that we are seeing only the tip of the iceberg of what those who want to push "high-fear buttons" will try and do to slime Barack Obama.

No Clash of Civilizations at U.S. Islamic World Forum

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 02.17.2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Memo to the next president: from Morocco to Indonesia, if we (and they) don't blow the opportunity, there is a chance to make the "long war" a far shorter war.


 

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