In The Elementary Particles, one of the most scabrous denunciations of the Sexual Revolution and modern life ever written, Michel Houellebecq essentially offered a case for the destruction of humanity as we know it in favor of a race of peaceful, pleasure-loving, jealousy-free post-humans. And after reading Mark Regnerus on the subject of marriage, I can see why.
At his party-switching news conference at the White House last week, the newest Democratic senator, Arlen Specter, shared Amtrak memories with Vice President Joe Biden, reminiscing about the long hours they've spent riding "that train." It was a useful reminder that this 29-year Senate veteran has never been the most rock-ribbed Republican. Specter has always represented Acelaland -- that dense urban region that snakes along the Eastern seaboard and is home to America's financial and political establishment.
Abderrahim Foukara, of Al Jazeera International; author Reihan Salam, of the New America Foundation; Glen Ford, of the weekly online publication Black Agenda Report, and economist Julianne Malveaux, share their views on the Obama administration.
Reihan Salam, co-author of "Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save America," said this week that the danger for Republicans is to believe they now represent a vast, silent majority that is waiting to reassert itself. ...
One of my most vivid memories from childhood involves coming home from elementary school and finding that my family's VCR had been stolen. Even now, I'm not entirely sure how it happened, as there was no obvious sign of forced entry.
"He is the candidate Rush Limbaugh and countless others who embrace the cause of shrinking government have been waiting for," writes conservative journalist Reihan Salam: more Barry Goldwater than George W. Bush. A savvy salesman, Sanford clearly ...
Howard Kurtz, media columnist for The Washington Post, and Reihan Salam, associate editor of the Atlantic magazine and co-author of the "Grand New Party: How Republicans can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream," offer analysis. Link to audio
As the Tax Day Tea Parties fade into history, I've heard a number of conservatives argue that we're at the crest of a wave. Just as the property tax revolt of the 1970s led to California's Proposition 13 in 1978 and, some argue, the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, the tea parties represent outrage against the excesses of big government under Barack Obama. Liberals maintain that the tea parties were instead a fringe phenomenon ginned up by talk radio,… more
...Guest Host Linda Wertheimer talks about the future of the GOP with Reihan Salam, a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of Grand New Party, and Michelle Laxalt, a political consultant who has worked for Republican senators and the Reagan administration... Link to audio
