Gershom Gorenberg My new piece is up at The American Prospect: Let’s face it: When Barack Obama said in Cairo that “the only resolution” of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict … an anachronism” and should be replaced by a binational state. Ironically, Obama himself may have given

The House Republican who famously hung up on President Barack Obama after his election, is still welcome in the Oval Office. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was at the White House Wednesday as Obama signed into law a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots who served during World War II. Ros

Let’s imagine for a minute that our worst collective nightmare has come true. Yeah, you guessed it, I want you to imagine – just for the sake of this argument – that the Obama … of that second term, after eight years of damage done by Obama, he decides that the 22nd Amendment

There is no way even for the spin-obsessed White House to sugar-coat this : … could become a political liability for President Barack Obama when congressional elections are held next … over the Obama administration’s attempts to stanch months of declines in the labor market

Regulators, Mount Up! More Power to the Fed The new regulatory proposal introduced by President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner includes giving substantially more power

Prolific Princeton history professor Sean Wilentz thinks Michael Burlingame’s “Abraham Lincoln: A Life” is unpersuasive, labored, and ill-sourced … opinions on many topics. See the Wikipedia link above for his takes on George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

While Americans get ready to celebrate July 4th, thousands of U.S. Marines set out on Thursday to take control of Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province away from the Taliban. “You’re going to change the world this summer and it starts this morning. The United States and the world are watching

I am sitting in the offices of Penguin Canada, furiously answering bloggers questions, … ? Right now I’d have to say Barack Obama, for overcoming the odds. Who are your favorite writers

First, as you all know, from my stories of my wife’s cancer struggles and healthcare stories, they are indeed emotional and trying times … A? The Associated Press has a little more information: President Barack Obama wanted to put a human … all the arraignments! Technorati Tags: Barack Obama , Healthcare

“ AP – President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court was “moving the ball” on affirmative action in this week’s decision favoring white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., but he added