Peter Beinart

Since the 43rd president left office, GOP pessimists have taken full control of the party.

The left-right ideological battle is back with all-or-nothing dogmas that would doom Obama.

Not so long ago, plenty of Republicans favored gun control.

The president needs to charm Israelis—but also scare them.

How liberals fell in love with the imperial presidency (again).

But is it enough to save the GOP?

Believe it or not, Morgan is a great spokesman for gun control.

The administration's new Mideast strategy: benign neglect.

Bombing Hamas won't stop the violence. Why Washington and Jerusalem desperately need 
a new strategy.

The press needs to storm the only place pols tell the truth.

Bibi thinks he can push the U.S. around. Think again.

Why Dubya will decide the winner this fall.

The four things you won't hear in Tampa.

Americans need to wake up to attacks on U.S. Muslims.

Voters won't remember the disastrous details of Romney's overseas jaunt, Peter Beinart writes in Newsweek, but they'll remember that it didn't go well, and that's the real damage.

The U.S. started the bloodshed in Iraq. Time to own it.

The president sacrificed his ideals and misplayed his hand. How Bibi got the better of Barack. By Peter Beinart.

And what of the Jewish vote?

They're exhilarating, of course. But from an American perspective, the revolutions transforming the Middle East are also deeply sad. They're sad because they underscore what a terrible waste the last decade of American foreign policy has been.

America is losing its grip on the region. Thank goodness.