On Tuesday voters in Columbia, Mo., rejected a decriminalization measure on marijuana by roughly 60 percent to 40 percent. The fact that the statute failed was hardly surprising; voters in other states defeated similar measures last year. What was unusual was the appearance of a high-ranking White House official in Columbia before the vote on […]
Eli Kintisch
Eli Kintisch is a former Washington correspondent for the Forward.
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Left Behind
JERUSALEM — On Monday last week in a cramped Jerusalem convenience store, politics was the topic of the morning. And I didn’t have to stay long to realize that things were over for Amram Mitzna, the Labor Party’s candidate for prime minister in tomorrow’s elections. “Mitzna? Hu pashut loser,” laughed a scraggly looking man making […]
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Citizen Bane
JERUSALEM — As checkpoint experiences go, the one at Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem is an easy one. Relatively speaking, anyway. For 45 minutes one recent morning, I breathed the gas fumes as the line of vehicles inched forward. Aside from an Arab selling coffee in plastic cups to the drivers, there was little action. […]
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Paperless Trail
Where is the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2002 Report on Light-DutyAutomotive Technology and Fuel Economy Trends when we need it most? True, it’s not the sexiest of reports, and when it reliably appears each September, it invariably gets lost amid the snowdrifts of paper created by Washington’s daily bound-binding output. But with a war — which […]
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Nascent Nonviolence
Would someone please give this message to American Jews: We’re seeing glimpses of a Palestinian partner these days. Don’t screw it up. Reassessment and nonviolence are in the air in the occupied territories. Recent protests in Nablus, Ramallah and Tulkarm have been largely peaceful — whole cities openly disobeying curfews with candlelight vigils, pot banging […]
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The Crossover Candidate
Minutes before the candidates’ forum began on a sweltering day at the South DeKalb Mall, incumbent U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) was just “Cynthia” to her beloved DeKalb County voters, kissing elderly ladies and hamming it up for the cameras. “Ding a ling! Ding a ling!” she shouted, announcing the free ice cream for kids. […]
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Press Wars?
Six thousand miles from the daily bloodshed in the Middle East, a small community of Jewish, Arab and Muslim journalists have an almost luxurious freedom in Washington. We rub elbows at hearings on the Hill with one another, share notes at luncheon speeches and chat outside dueling press briefings. I’m a reporter for the Forward, […]
