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Was There Really a Post-9/11 Backlash Against Muslims?
Several conservative writers are heavily invested in arguing otherwise, but they don't have the facts on their side.… More »
Conor Friedersdorf is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs. He lives in Venice, California, and is the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, a newsletter devoted to exceptional nonfiction.
Several conservative writers are heavily invested in arguing otherwise, but they don't have the facts on their side.… More »
It's easy to imagine a hypothetical Muslim who doesn't fare well under either an Obama or a Romney presidency.… More »
Both parties have an interest in painting the president as a dove, but reporters should not allow that spin to skew their coverage.… More »
He and his wife hosted dozens of right-leaning magazine writers and bloggers at an off-the-record Washington, D.C., meeting.… More »
A Fox News anchor recoils from the inauthenticity of presidential campaigns.… More »
Pundits and political observers invoke the cliche so reflexively and so often that it no longer has any meaning.… More »
In fact, both impulses share the same flaw: too little emphasis on doing what is right.… More »
While some right-wing pundits have a fine grip on Republican policy proposals, most remain willfully naive about how elected officials really act.… More »
Advocates for legalization or decriminalization may find 2012 the year a national candidate finally gives voice to their views.… More »
Its misleading message: Mitt Romney is insufficiently willing to invade the air space of sovereign countries.… More »
The pundit claims it's a golden age for conservative thought, but he can't name any specific new ideas we could hope for during a Romney administration.… More »
If you think the talk radio host is just an ideological warrior you've got him all wrong.… More »
Recent precedent shows that even when the privacy of Americans is unlawfully violated, the interlopers never pay a price.… More »
But a truce in the culture wars, which Mitch Daniels recommended, could force Republicans to actually take on serious fiscal reform.… More »
Indebted college graduates are not the category of Americans who need help right now.… More »
With May Day approaching, observers are divided in the advice that they're offering.… More »
The dogma of reflexively interventionist senators cannot survive a confrontation with reality, so they simply ignore it.… More »
The former Fox News host is generating tens of millions with his indefensible style - and staffers who achieve a higher standard.… More »
A ballot initiative to do so is likely to qualify for the ballot, having garnered substantially more signatures than needed.… More »
It's strange to hear an endorsement so ringing of an unpopular ex-president who failed in so many different ways.… More »
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