Sam Rosenfeld

SO, WHO’S NEXT? With the passing of the Rev. Jerry Falwell, whose funeral will take place today, the inevitable question has begun to be asked: who is likely to lead the next generation of right-wing evangelicals? Falwell’s colleagues in religious-right leadership — James Dobson, Pat Robertson and D. James Kennedy — are all elderly, ailing, […]

JUST SHOOT ME. Today’s Washington Post op-ed page self-parody comes from David Ignatius, who passes on the exciting new “post-surge” plan floated by White House officials: President Bush and his senior military and foreign policy advisers are beginning to discuss a “post-surge” strategy for Iraq that they hope could gain bipartisan political support. The new […]

TAPPED WINS HILLMAN AWARD. Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation (named after the progressive hero and founding president of UNITE-HERE’s precursor, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) has given awards each year to “journalists, writers and public figures whose work promotes social and economic justice.” As those who read the print New York Times may […]

NADER:GORE::DOBSON:GIULIANI. This, on James Dobson‘s vow never to support Rudy Giuliani, is why nominating him is still a big gamble for Republicans. The money wing of the party may like him; the security wing may like him, too. But for all the talk about how the GOP nominates the “next guy in line,” the real […]

ROUND FOUR FOR THE THIRD WAY. Now that the folks at Third Way have weighed in to defend their recent report claiming that whites, males, and the affluent (and I suppose, by extension, affluent white men) catapulted the Democrats to power in the 2006 midterms, let me respond, and also add a few things. First […]

GUEST POST: THIRD WAY RESPONDS. As the authors of the Third Way election report Looking Red, Voting Blue, we write to respond to the criticisms of our report made by Tom Schaller and Mark Schmitt. (Ezra Klein also has attacked our report, but he offers nothing new.) First, it’s clear that we all agree that […]

TWO, THREE, MANY GITMOS! I missed the GOP debate last night, though by most accounts what had been billed beforehand as a debate showcasing the candidates’ differences on hot-button social and domestic issues in fact really came to life when the subject turned to chest-thumping war on terror stuff. See here to watch John McCain […]

THIRD WAY OFF. Third Way has issued a new report (PDF) arguing that Democrats won in 2006 thanks to a surge in Democratic voting among white, higher-income, male and rural voters. Washingtonpost.com’s Chris Cillizza’s cited the report in his online column, The Fix, but with all due respect to Cillizza, some folks may need a […]

PROPS, YES, BUT… I share Paul‘s affection for the good old U.S. post office. But as an employee of what is, in part, still a small-circulation dead tree print magazine, I hasten to say that this particular rate hike is a big problem. More here. –Sam Rosenfeld

THE PAKISTAN QUESTION. As things get more and more shaky in Pakistan, Kevin Drum rightly anticipates that the country is going to be rising to the top of our domestic political discussions soon enough. He also expresses the ambivalence about what our policy towards Pervez Musharraf and his government should be that I think most […]