Matt Malone, S.J.

Events are moving quickly in Israel where President Shimon Peres has tapped Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu to form a coalition government It is expected that the process of deal-making and power-brokering may take some weeks America has a backgrounder on the Israeli elections in our Signs

President-elect Barack Obama s Nov 16 statement that we ve got to shore up our efforts in Afghanistan should be a finalist for understatement of the month According to news reports attacks against coalition forces along Afghanistan s northeast border with Pakistan have surged in recent

A poll released today by Public Religion Research and sponsored by a coalition of progressive faith-based organizations has some surprises about the role faith played in the 2008 presidential election and how faith voters are approaching the country rsquo s challenges Not surprisingly religious

A vigorous debate took place this morning among the cable newssquawkers about whether the results of yesterday s election signal a sea-change in America s attitudes toward race Tucker Carlson claimed on MSNBC that it was insulting to suggest that America passed a moral test by voting for Obam

In anticipation of the remaining presidential debates the editors of America have posted an online editorial with ten sets of questions about domestic politics for consideration by the moderators and participants The online editorial can be found here Matt Malone S J

One week from today the eyes of voters will turn to Mississippi for the first presidential debate of the 2008 general election The editors of America have put together a list of some of the questions they feel should be asked The online editorial can be found here

The Big Mo may have just shifted again The implosion of the financial markets which former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan recently called by far the worst economic crisis in his lifetime has once again made the economy issue 1 in the presidential race While the demise of Lehman Br

In politics as in sports momentum that invisible unquantifiable yet powerful force produced from a succession of wins can make or break a campaign That s why George H W Bush called it the Big Mo But how does a candidate gain momentum Well he or she has to figure out what the voter