Peter Berkowitz
Peace and the ‘Right of Return’
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will be speaking to Congress next week. He should reaffirm that further progress toward peace depends on Palestinian recognition that the Jewish people, no less than the Palestinians, have a right to national independence in a state of their own.
Truman, Reagan, and Bush Were Right
In the face of Gaddafi’s war against the Libyan people, Obama should align himself with a proud American foreign policy tradition, with both progressive and conservative roots. (Update: Obama finally breaks his silence on Libya.
Contemplating Egypt at the Herzliya Conference
Like the rest of the world, Israeli security experts did not foresee the tumult. They are mostly pessimistic about the outcome.
Criticizing Elites, Cultivating Excellence
From the perspective of our founding fathers, our elites deserve rigorous criticism. But we mustn’t stop there.
What Would a Return to the Constitution Entail?
Rather than the New York Times' outdated vision of "Progressivism," conservatives should become proponents of progress understood as the crafting of better laws to protect individual freedom.
Netanyahu Surprises at 10th Annual Herzliya Conference
A willingness to seek political negotiations with the Palestinians is a departure for Israel's prime minister.
The New Progressivism: Same as the Old Progressivism?
Making sense of the complexity and contradictions of liberalism's newest incarnation.
 | MORE PHONE FUNNIES: The Justice Department Investigated a New York Times Reporter, Too. “The New York Times reports the Department of Justice investigated national security leaks given to Times reporter David Sanger over his story last year about the Stuxnet virus by pulling all the email and phone records of government officials who communicated with the reporter. . . . The Times’ Ethan Bronner, Charlie Savage and Scott Shane report the FBI requested for any phone and email logs from the White House, the Defense Department and other “intelligence agencies” that showed any contact between employees and Sanger. It does not appear they went so far as to seize Sanger’s telephone records or emails, as they did with the Associates Press and Fox News reporter James Rosen. They at least got creative this time. Instead of looking at his communication records, they looked at the communications between him and every government employee by looking on their end.” ... |
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