Foreign policy is a little bit like a guy who goes to Las Vegas. If you win too much, then you eventually bet the mortgage. You start to think you are infallible.
Peter BeinartOn domestic policy, one of the major stories in American politics has been the growing ideological and political self-confidence of the Democratic Party, and the growing ideological and political pessimism of the Republican Party.
Peter BeinartI hope Barack Obama puts another woman on the Supreme Court. And this time, I hope it's a woman with kids.
Peter BeinartThere are real threats but there's a difference between recognizing real threats and an irrational kind of apocalyptic threat.
Peter Beinart