Sarah Palin and the Jews Sarah Palin and the Jews
Sarah Palin took the biblical Queen Esther as her role model when she became governor, according to her former pastor--a report that suggests her ties to Jewish history are stronge...
Sep 8, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Palin and “The Lumberjack Song” Palin and “The Lumberjack Song”
Those disparaging Palin's lack of achievements have forgotten that it was Palin who wrote the famous "Lumberjack Song," which of course is about life in Alaska: "I'm...
Aug 29, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Obama’s Limits: An Interview With Andrew Bacevich Obama’s Limits: An Interview With Andrew Bacevich
"We have presidential elections as a substitute for serious democratic politics" – that's what Andrew Bacevich says. He's been writing and teaching history and int...
Aug 28, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Bogus Campus Anti-Semitism Bogus Campus Anti-Semitism
Accusations by right-wing Zionists of anti-Semitism at the University of California, Irvine, are suspect at best.
Jun 19, 2008 / Feature / Jon Wiener
City of Fear City of Fear
A new book explores the historical ties between African-American and Japanese-American communities in Los Angeles.
Jun 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
J. Edgar Hoover, Author J. Edgar Hoover, Author
A new book reveals the FBI Director's distinctive relationship with his publisher.
May 22, 2008 / Jon Wiener
McCain’s Pastor Hagee on Hitler and the Jews McCain’s Pastor Hagee on Hitler and the Jews
John Hagee, the controversial pastor who has endorsed John McCain, argued in a late 1990s sermon that God sent Hitler to help the Jews get to the promised land (Israel, not Auschwi...
May 22, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Nixonland, Then and Now Nixonland, Then and Now
"Nixonland" – that's Rick Perlstein's term for the political world where candidates win power by mobilizing people's resentments, anxieties and anger, where politic...
May 18, 2008 / Jon Wiener
McCain’s Medical Records: Why the Delay? McCain’s Medical Records: Why the Delay?
The mainstream media ask Obama why he doesn't wear a flag pin, but they aren't asking McCain why he doesn't release his medical records. McCain, who would be the oldest man ever e...
Apr 20, 2008 / Jon Wiener