▼ Author Community Vote yesterday Andrew Sullivan The New Israel Watch - Having forcibly evicted Palestinian families ... - — Having forcibly evicted Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem, the new inhabitants sing songs in praise of the mass murderer Baruch Goldstein. And you really think the decision to make the site of that massacre a national heritage site for Israel had nothing to do with this association? 2 days ago Andrew Sullivan Health Reform Gaining - — As this poll of polls shows, if Obama keeps up his performances like yesterday and campaigns like this day after day after day, the first poll - from YouGov/The Economist - showing a clear 53- 47 majority in favor of his reform will become a harbinger of the future. 3 days ago Andrew Sullivan Washington Bulls**t Watch - — No one does it better than Mark Halperin. Every single thing he cites in his latest brain-dead critique is, I believe, tangibly false, and the moronic attempt to grab some pageviews by a counter-intuitive and utterly dumb analogy - Obama is like Bush, guys! 3 days ago Andrew Sullivan The Death Of Conservatism, Ctd - — The chattering classes at this moment are declaring the rebirth of conservatism in the energy on the Republican ideological right, the likelihood of major Democratic losses this fall, the success of the Republican party in defining the essentially pragmatic … 6 days ago Alex Massie It's that Time of Year Again: Remembering that No-One Remembers the Armenians - — Poor Armenia. Just about the only time that wee country gets a mention in Washington is when the perennial Recognise-the-Genocide issue comes up. As tradition demands, the Secretary of State lobbied Congress … 8 days ago Jonathan Bernstein For Tuesday I Walk to the Village - — Yesterday was election day in Texas, and I voted. And I voted. And then I voted some more. If my count was correct, I voted fifty-two times. I voted for Governor, and I voted for U.S. House and Texas House and Texas Senate...OK … 9 days ago Alex Massie The Immigration Dilemma - Now that the opinion polls are pointing ... - — Now that the opinion polls are pointing - for the time being at least - towards a hung parliament, there's much chuntering in Tory circles. Broadly speaking, the argument is between the modernisers and the traditionalists. Labour's core argument … 9 days ago Alex Massie Hillary's Falklands Provocation - — Bagehot of the Economist is beginning to have some doubts about the Obama administration: … What stance? Well Hillary Clinton has been visiting Argentina and was asked about the status of the Falklands. Here's what she had to say: … And: 10 days ago Andrew Sullivan The Redesign, Ctd - — I know I'm on vacation, but since this debate has started with some sparks (see Fallows here and here, TNC here, Goldberg here and here, Ambers here), just a few words. I never saw the whole redesign before it was launched and I was not included in the process at all. 16 days ago Andrew Sullivan Red Hot Catholic Love - At Twelve Years' Old - — The Dish was recently taken aback by a document emailed to us showing that the age of sexual consent in Vatican City was - wait for it - twelve years old. We didn't believe it. So we tried to nail down the precise facts.

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