Time to Free Pollard
Jonathan Pollard has spent 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to spying. It's time for the U.S. to release him and deport him to Israel. To some, the U.S. case of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard is both puzzling and troubling, and makes little sense. We don’t hear much about …GOP Buckles Down in Close Races
Poll watchers are expecting big GOP gains overall but some key Republican candidates, like Pat Meehan in Pennsylvania, still have a fight on their hands. Here are some possible GOP-takeover House races which are very tight: MI-01 : Dan Benishek (in the race to replace Bart Stupak): …Big GOP Midterm Win Makes Case for Reform
A big landslide victory for Republicans in November will only strengthen the case for reforming the GOP. In my latest column for The Week , I argue that a big November win only strengthens the case for reforming the Republican Party. Slate 's Dave Weigel called last week with a tough …The GOP Throws Away a Senate Seat
After Delaware's Senate debate, I can only marvel at how easy this race would have been had the GOP not nominated an incompetent candidate. I'll admit I was too obsessed with the Chilean mine story to watch the Delaware debate live. Belatedly caught up with it this morning. Having watched Chris …The FaceButt Generation
Listen up, young people. This modern desire to share every aspect of your lives on the internet for no reason? Nothing good will come of it. The past news cycle has generated a couple of My-Face-My-Butt-Social-Web-Virtual-Web-Engineering-Not-Real-Site-related stories. Or whatever. First is …