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The GOP's New Hope?

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Jim Bourg / Reuters Forget Palin. How Tim Pawlenty, a (mostly) moderate, working-class guy from the frozen North could win over the GOP in 2012. As the ...

From REIHAN SALAM, The Daily Beast,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Tim Pawlenty,  Barack Obama,  Mitt Romney,  Christopher J. Christie

The Right Role for Sarah Palin -- By: Reihan Salam

One of the central reasons Palin has proven so polarizing a figure is that she is a pro-life working mother. Though there are tens of millions of pro-life working mothers in the United States, relatively few have occupied prominent roles in our ...

From REIHAN SALAM, National Review Online,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  Bob McDonnell,  U.S. Republican Party,  Phyllis Schlafly,  Barack Obama

Ayelet Waldman’s Husband Is a Very Happy Man

Michael Chabon might be America's happiest and most well-adjusted man, and in his collection of essays, , this attitude starts to wear after a while. Early on, in "The Heartbreak Kid," Chabon describes a boozy undergrad evening when a friend told him, ...

From REIHAN SALAM, Double X,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Chabon

Continetti on Palin

My friend Matt Continetti — one of the smartest journalists I know — has written a smart and thoughtful comment for the Wall Street Journal on the long, difficult road ahead for Sarah Palin if she intends to become a serious presidential contender. ...

From REIHAN SALAM, The American Scene,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Sarah Palin,  Bob McDonnell,  Mitch Daniels

Where Stupak Leads

Last week, the debate over the Democratic health reform effort took a brief and unexpected philosophical turn. Bart Stupak, a pro-labor Catholic Democrat representing Michigan's 1st congressional district, managed to pass the Stupak amendment as part ...

From REIHAN SALAM, Forbes,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Bart Stupak,  Nancy Pelosi,  The Pentagon

Is Saving Karzai Worth U.S. Lives?

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Ahmad Masood / Reuters As the U.S. envoy casts doubt on an Afghan troop surge, America is casting a newly skeptical eye on its dodgy partner. Reihan Salam on ...

From REIHAN SALAM, The Daily Beast,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  White House,  Hamid Karzai,  Washington Post Company

The Collateral Damage to Muslims

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences The suspected Fort Hood shooter left more than a trail of carnage in his wake. He has sewn fear in the ...

From REIHAN SALAM, The Daily Beast,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Colin Ferguson,  LIRR,  Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life,  Twitter Inc,  Virginia Tech

Is Iraq Slipping Away?

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Haraz N. Ghanbari / AP Photo As violence escalates, Prime Minister al-Maliki is losing control of his country. Reihan Salam on what America should do about it. ...

From REIHAN SALAM, The Daily Beast,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nouri al-Maliki,  Al-Qaeda,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Saddam Hussein

America's Worst Governor?

Charlie Crist is an extraordinarily gifted politician, known for his unpretentious and warm demeanor. He might also be America's worst governor. Given that there is a great deal of competition for this dubious honor, that's saying rather a lot. Among ...

From REIHAN SALAM, Forbes,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Charlie Crist,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mitch Daniels,  Barack Obama,  New America Foundation

The Taliban-Al Qaeda Connection

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Veronique de Viguerie / Edit by Getty Images It's nice to think that the U.S. can take out Osama bin Laden's ragged remnants without fighting the Taliban. ...

From REIHAN SALAM, The Daily Beast,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Taliban,  Osama bin Laden,  Najibullah Zazi,  Central Intelligence Agency

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