How the U.S. Can Repudiate the Recent UN Resolution on Israel
And why it represents a decisive break with prior policy.
January 3, 2017
The Democratic Party’s Disconnect with Religious Voters
A former Obama staffer on liberal hostility toward and ignorance of religion.
In 2012, Michael Wear ended his association with the White House after having worked on both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns in outreach to religious voters, especially evangelical Christians. He departed in response to a decision to withdraw an invitation previously extended to Pastor Louie Giglio to give the benediction at the upcoming inauguration on account of Giglio’s belief that homosexuality is sinful. To Wear, this episode typifies the Democrats’ inability to connect with the devout, a problem he discusses in conversation with Emma Green:
January 3, 2017
Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem Won’t Bring Disaster
And could even increase the odds for peace.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Confront the Philosophy of Freedom
Reading Locke, Mill, and Tocqueville in Jerusalem.
Turkey’s Terrorism Problem, and Israel’s
Ankara may turn to Jerusalem for help with its security problems.
The Democratic Party’s Disconnect with Religious Voters
A former Obama staffer on liberal hostility toward and ignorance of religion.