Christian Science Monitor

The Vatican's Cynical Gesture to Episcopalians

The depth of cynicism behind the Vatican's invitation last month to right-wing Episcopalians "to enter full communion with the Catholic Church while preserving elements of the distinctive Anglican spiritual and liturgical patrimony" is best understood through one of Rome's most high-profile converts, a certain John Henry Newman.

Ahmed Wali Karzai and the CIA: America's Conundrum in Afghanistan | Christian Science Monitor

It goes on to quote analyst Peter Bergen, testifying to Congress: "We need not fewer warlords, but more warlords" to prosecute a successful counterterrorism ...
Peter Bergen | October 28, 2009

Pakistan Army against Taliban: What are the Waziristan goals? | Christian Science Monitor

... argues Sameer Lalwani, author of a new report for the New America Foundation that examines the Army's capabilities to carry out counterinsurgency. ...
Sameer Lalwani | October 27, 2009

Tea Party Insurgency Marches into Key States | Christian Science Monitor

... become smaller and more ideologically extreme,” says Peter Beinart, a senior fellow at the liberal New America Foundation and a Daily Beast columnist. ...
Peter Beinart | October 17, 2009

Some Illegal Immigrants to Be Held in Old Hotels, Nursing Homes | Christian Science Monitor

... the detained immigrants ... suggests that rounding up all illegal immigrants is not at all feasible," says Tomas Jimenez of the New America Foundation. ...
Tomás Jiménez | October 6, 2009

Did Obama's Stimulus Plan Work? | Christian Science Monitor

... says Anne Vorce, an economist at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a bipartisan Washington group pushing for taming the budget deficit. ...
Anne Vorce | October 6, 2009

Schwarzenegger Leads Governor's Summit on Global Warming | Christian Science Monitor

More than 30 US states have followed the California example with climate action plans, and “even more are copying it,” said Terry Tamminen, former secretary ...
Terry Tamminen | September 30, 2009

Democrats May Go It Alone on Healthcare, But Must Close Ranks | Christian Science Monitor

... says that there is some pretty good policy there,” says Elizabeth Carpenter, associate director for health policy at the New America Foundation. ... and more »
Elizabeth Carpenter | September 17, 2009

If Health Reform Costs Too Much, Should A 'Fail-Safe' Kick In? | Christian Science Monitor

They get ignored, waived, and sometimes eliminated altogether,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, ...
Maya MacGuineas | September 14, 2009

Should Older People Pay More for Healthcare? | Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science MonitorBut a ratio of 11 to 1 “moves beyond actuarially fair into the immoral category,” wrote Len Nichols, director of the New America Foundation's Health Policy ...
Len Nichols | September 3, 2009