Michael Weiss is a senior editor of Tablet Magazine and a culture blogger for The New Criterion. He also writes occasionally for Slate, The Weekly Standard, City Journal, The New York Daily News and Standpoint.
Don't expect Hillary Clinton to settle for second place on an Obama-led ticket if she doesn't win the nomination. The senator from New York likely has a more sinister strategy in mind.
Former UN Weapons inspector Scott Ritter was correct in his pre-war assessment that Saddam Hussein had been defanged of WMD. But his subsequent pronouncements about Syria, Iran, and other security issues cast serious doubts on his objectivity.
Ignoring Hillary Clinton's presence in the race is an attempt by a marginal front-runner to present himself as the presumptive Democratic nominee.
The former president plans to meet with Khalid Mashid, the exiled political leader of Hamas. We shouldn't be surprised.
The very slimeball qualities that led to Mark Penn's downfall explain why he endured as Hillary Clinton's chief strategist for so long, and despite so many failures.