This year’s presidential contest has proved to be both fascinating and, at times, frightening.Both parties are engaged in near existential struggles.In an effort to get the long view of the dynamics at work in this contest, last week I hosted Allan Lichtman, distinguished profess

The performance of four of the five remaining presidential candidates at American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) policy conference made for a perfectly strange and unsettling week in Washington.The entire affair was more of a spectacle than a conference.

When the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) comes to town this week for its annual policy conference, high on the agenda of issues it will be pushing Congress to support are bills designed to “fight the boycott of Israel”.This campaign to combat efforts to “boycott,

This past week, the Pew Research Centre released the results of a massive poll of Israeli public opinion — focusing on their attitude towards religion, identity, values and political issues facing their country.In the days that followed the release, a number of articles appeared

This has been one crazy political week.

Donald Trump’s candidacy is American politics reduced to the absurd.

The Democratic presidential primary race is shaping up to be a fascinating contest between the voters’ views of two distinct political personalities.Some find this state of affairs confounding, believing that the election should have been a “slam-dunk” for Hillary Clinton — the f

Bernie Sanders has been unfairly criticised for being a “Johnny One Note” on foreign policy because he continually reminds voters of his early opposition to the Iraq war.To explain why he continues to emphasise the importance of his decision to oppose that war, Sanders has pointe

Israel does not accept criticism.