Former Critics Fall in Line, Begin Accepting Obama
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Well, it's been a few weeks now since Barack Obama was elected, and preliminary indications do not point to a massive restructuring of...
Fun With The Internetz
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Not bad for my first go, eh? Check out churchsigngenerator.com for nonstop fun.
Click "more" to see another try from the other perspective.
(HT: Randy...
McCain's Supporters In Brooklyn
A group of journalism graduate students at Columbia University put together this interesting study of how Brooklyn is politically divided ("Bleeding Red for McCain") on...
Get Wigged Out Like Palin
A mere day after John McCain named his vice-presidential choice, I hatched a clever plan to dress as Sarah Palin for Halloween. Soon after, though,...
Sarah Silverman's Great Schlep
Trying to push American Jewish seniors to vote Democrat, the Jewish Council for Education & Research has enlisted Sarah Silverman as the face of its...
Rabbis For McCain, Sort Of
Yesterday we wrote about Rabbis for Obama. Today, according to a Forward article, we should focus on Rabbis for McCain. Well, sort of. Says the...
Rabbis for Obama
Over 300 American rabbis publicly announced their support for Barack Obama yesterday with the launch of a “Rabbis for Obama” website.
The movement was founded by...
This Week's Links
Robert DeNiro is now Jewish. Or, maybe he just doesn't like Mel Gibson.
Do Obama, McCain, and others violate the second commandment? Rabbi Irwin Kula...
Palin asked Jesus for a gas pipeline and God for a plan in Iraq
What did you do this weekend? Me? I just sipped some superb Merlot from nearby what Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of that backward village...
Some of My Best Friends are…Lutheran?
When Sarah Palin ran for mayor in 1996, she apparently floated the possibility that her political opponent was an M.O.T. ("member of the tribe")—and the...
Should Jews Fear Palin?
Sarah Palin is well-liked by many of her Jewish constituents, while Democrats have portrayed Palin as a poor choice for the Jewish community.
Web Op-Ed: I Used to be a Democrat by David Epstein
By David Epstein
My trajectory from Democrat to Republican had a few curves of my own making. First, I volunteered to work for George McGovern...