Jamie Kirchick
The Archive
Dems' Trump-Russia hysteria is giant gift to Putin
President Trump’s supporters, up to and including Trump himself, have tried to delegitimize Robert Mueller’s necessary investigation for crassly partisan purposes. But it’s also true that Trump’s opponents, eagerly taking...
The fall of the Berlin Wall parallels Germany's open door to refugees
Germany’s unlocking its doors to refugees reveals a striking set of parallels with another fateful moment in the history of opened borders: the fall of the Berlin Wall. In both...
Obama wins popularity contests, not much else
President Obama is following the advice of that great philosopher Woody Allen, who once said that “eighty percent of success is showing up.” In health care legislation, foreign relations and,...
Wins popularity contests, not much else
President Obama is following the advice of that great philosopher Woody Allen, who once said that "eighty percent of success is showing up." In health care legislation, foreign relations and,...
CLINTON, SECRETARY OF SHAME
It's been nearly a decade since the disputed presidential election of 2000, when a handful of ballots in Florida threw our democracy into a tailspin. One would assume that, however...
ISRAEL BETRAYED
When Barack Obama was running for president, he vigorously reassured voters of his firm commitment to America's special relationship with Israel. Indeed, he worked to beef up his pro-Israel bona...
ISRAEL BETRAYED
When Barack Obama was running for president, he vigorously reassured voters of his firm commitment to America's special relationship with Israel. Indeed, he worked to beef up his pro-Israel bona...
TO HONOR A FIEND
IT was apparently without irony that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization invited to this week's Rome conference Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe - whose lasting achievement will be the starvation...
DEMAGOGUES & DOUBLE STANDARDS
DENUNCIATIONS of the religious right are common in liberal magazines and the liberal blogosphere. But so too are defenses of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Liberal bloggers call often themselves the...
OBAMA'S BAD-NEWS BUDDIES
WHEN Sen. Barack Obama picked up the endorse ment of New York City Councilman Charles Barron, the first words to come from an Obama spokesperson were: "Sen. Obama disagrees with...