Dr. Jim Dobson is a likeable man of wit and intelligence whom I have long admired for his support for the family. Recently, however, he—and his national political director, Tom Minnery—undertook on Dobson's nationally syndicated radio program to engage in a hypercritical distortion of an influential and powerful presentation on faith (a ''Call to ...

Professor Weisberg's thoughtful post responding to Megyn Kelly of The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel nicely illustrates an overlooked means by which Sen. Obama—seeking as our next president to build bridges and unbuild walls (disclosure: I endorsed the senator and give him lots of advice which I hope is helpful to him)—might defuse ...

There is a paradox at the heart of Senator Obama's presidential campaign. Senator Obama is campaigning one way -- as a figure who transcends the old, tired politics of division -- and has voted almost entirely the other -- as reliable, down the line member of his party.   This anomaly has been noted by the New York Times and one can ...

Today I endorse Barack Obama for president of the United States. I believe him to be a person of integrity, intelligence, and genuine good will. I take him at his word that he wants to move the nation beyond its religious and racial divides and that he wants to return the United States to that company of nations committed to human ...