“Having been played for fools, most liberal hawks will retreat to a deep skepticism of American power. They will end up on the decent, feckless left.”
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Author: Chris Walton
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Mormons on hate crime.
At last, the Mormon church comes out as not opposed to hate-crimes legislation.
Issues of Harper’s and The Nation both feature cover stories by Jonathan Schell.
The message to EU powerhouses France and Germany is clear: we’ll join you, but that doesn’t mean we’ll follow you.”
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‘Liberalism lies dying.’
The British Labour Party is deeply divided over Iraq — and the feeling of insecurity threatens to obscure liberal successes.
A sociologist tells the writer that “with the involvement of religious groups, Americans can recognize antiwar activists as ‘a favorite aunt or Ned Flanders.’” Great.
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The Iraqi opposition in Iran.
Elizabeth Neuffer interviews Iraqis in exile in Iran who are planning to join the fight to topple Saddam Hussein.
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Iraqi-Americans on the war.
“Their opinions differed on various issues, but they agreed on one point: Hussein must go.”
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Outstanding commentary.
Dan Kennedy’s posts on the war deserve a wide readership among religious liberals, who too often gravitate to the left-most pole without asking hard questions of themselves or their fellow-travelers.
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How scared should we be?
When it comes to weapons of mass destruction, there’s a huge difference between chemical and biological weapons on the one hand and nuclear weapons on the other.