Closely allied to the assumption that Democrats can't win because they're too secular is the view that they can't win if they're too liberal. This assumption has steered Hillary Clinton toward the center, following her husband. I tend to share… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
As far apart as they are theologically, Mormons and evangelical Christians may have more in common with each other anthropologically than they do with… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Political analysts tend to overinterpret the results of isolated elections. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Seeing the rich and famous screw up makes us feel superior, or at least not quite so inferior. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Trade, tourism, cultural exchange, and participation in international institutions all serve to erode the legitimacy of repressive regimes. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
The cradle-to-grave welfare state diminishes individual initiative and can breed a pervasive sclerosis. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
America's sanctions policy is largely consistent and, in a certain sense, admirable. By applying economic restraints, we label the most oppressive and dangerous governments… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
You may or may not agree with Obama's policy prescriptions, but they are, by and large, serious attempts to deal with the biggest issues… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
The invasion of Iraq was, in ways that have since become hard to dispute, a terrible mistake. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
In practice, conservatives are no less inclined than liberals to adopt superior stances or to tell people how to live their lives. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
The leader who loves books that tell him he is great and right may be worse than the leader who does not love books… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Without medical records that he hasn't released, we can't know whether Gingrich may have inherited his mother's manic depression. Nevertheless, one observes in the… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Members of the middle class do not have to worry about falling off $250,000 sailboats because they don't have $250,000 sailboats to fall off of. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
