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James M. Wall
James M. Wall is senior contributing editor at the Century.
Public stewards: Needed: New ways of thinking
Former Colorado senator Gary Hart has drafted a policy blueprint for the next U.S. president....
August 12, 2008
The other Jewish lobby: AIPAC is not the only game in town
Remember Dennis Kucinich (D., Ohio), the Democratic presidential candidate who brought a refreshing note of reality to the early primary debates? You don’t remember him?...
July 15, 2008
Mortal fears: Determined to show God’s strength
In my earlier years, my mother would often say to me, “Someday when I am old and gray . . .” I later used the phrase with my children in what they rightly described as guilt peddling....
June 17, 2008
Carter's Middle East mission: All parties required for Mideast peace
An editorial in the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz (April 15) sharply criticized Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert for Israel’s “boycott” of Jimmy Carter during the former president’s recent tr...
May 20, 2008
Delegate count: The Ickes strategy past and present
As a delegate and organizer at six Democratic national conventions (those that nominated George McGovern, Jimmy Carter [twice], Bill Clinton [twice] and Al Gore), I offer this advice to the campaig...
April 22, 2008
The unasked question: What's missing from the debates
By mid-March, Democratic presidential candidates will have participated in 20 debates, while the Republican candidates will have debated 21 times....
March 25, 2008
Film favorites of '07: Lars tops the list
By the time the credits began to roll for Lars and the Real Girl, the movie was at the head of my list of top movies of 2007....
February 26, 2008
Candidates and moviegoers: A hidden danger
Republican and Democratic candidates who survive the February 5 delegate nomination marathon should be ready to confront a hidden danger to their campaigns—movies....
January 29, 2008
Peace brokers: The legacy of Annapolis
The local public library asked me to introduce and discuss the 1962 movie Lawrence of Arabia....
December 25, 2007
Politics of fear: Not just Rumsfeld's strategy
At a dark moment in American history, Franklin Roosevelt said to the American people: “Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjusti...
November 27, 2007
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The arms deal: More weapons for the Middle East
When Congress returns from its month-long vacation in September, President Bush will ask members to agree to a package of more than $63 billion in military aid and weapons to our “allies” in the M...
September 4, 2007
Correctives: Journalistic kudos
Journalistic kudos to New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt, who In a July 8 column headed “Seeing Al Qaeda Around Every Corner” criticized his own newspaper’s coverage of President Bush’s...
August 7, 2007
Gaza showdown: Behind the Hamas takeover
On the morning of January 25, 2006, I was with a group of American churchpeople at a Palestinian Authority polling place in Bethlehem....
July 10, 2007
Gaza turmoil: U.S. choosing sides again
When Israel would not allow the Palestinian soccer team to practice in Gaza, the team held its practice sessions in Egypt....
June 12, 2007