Just a week after the November elections, I had the opportunity to speak to all the state chairs of the Democratic Party at their annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming – fulfilling an invitation that came a year before. Obviously, the Democratic sweep of the House and Senate in the midterm elections was the main…

In the alarming video of the execution of Saddam Hussein that has traveled around the world, we have looked into the darkness of the Iraqi soul these days. Saddam’s crimes are certainly deserving of both revelation and punishment, but his execution turned into an abusive and offensive sectarian killing like what is happening every day…

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The new majority Democratic Congress is the most diverse in American history – comprising more women, African-Americans, Latinos, and Asians than any previous body. It is also the most religiously diverse, including two Buddhists, a Muslim, and the highest number ever of Jews (43), Roman Catholics (154), non-denominational Protestants (26), and “unaffiliated” (6). Mormons, at…

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