http://meserole.pmhclients.com/index.php en chris.meserole@gmail.com Copyright 2009 2009-01-05T23:46:00-05:00 http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/israel_and_the_international_order/ http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/israel_and_the_international_order/#When:Mon, 05 Jan 2009 The drama now underway in Gaza is about something far greater than local autonomy or regional power.  2009-01-05T23:46:00-05:00 http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/obamas_speech_and_the_strategy_behind_it/ http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/obamas_speech_and_the_strategy_behind_it/#When:Fri, 29 Aug 2008 Look beyond the rhetoric and stagecraft, and Obama’s keynote speech reveals a daring campaign strategy. 2008-08-29T17:42:00-05:00 http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/what_georgia_got_wrong_iran/ http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/what_georgia_got_wrong_iran/#When:Mon, 11 Aug 2008 The Bush administration’s refusal to defend Georgia shows just how seriously it takes Iran’s nuclear ambitions.  2008-08-11T17:48:00-05:00 http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/dispatch_from_jerusalem/ http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/dispatch_from_jerusalem/#When:Wed, 23 Jul 2008 In a city accustomed to violence, the bulldozer attacks represent something new. 2008-07-23T19:29:00-05:00 http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/the_real_betrayal/ http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/the_real_betrayal/#When:Sun, 23 Sep 2007 “Our failures in Iraq will never represent a complete betrayal of America, because American identity extends well beyond any single policy, no matter how regrettable. By contrast the Military Commissions Act represents a thoroughgoing betrayal. To suspend due process is to suspend an integral aspect of American identity; it throws the entire idea of America into doubt.” 2007-09-23T20:08:00-05:00 http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/guantanamo_the_mca_and_the_rule_of_law/ http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/guantanamo_the_mca_and_the_rule_of_law/#When:Tue, 31 Jul 2007 “Principles like habeas corpus are directed not so much towards those who violate the law as those who uphold it. When it comes to terrorism, therefore, the purpose of the rule of law is not so much to dissuade terrorists from carrying out their plans, but to persuade the rest of the global community to help us contain the threat.” 2007-07-31T20:12:00-05:00 http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/the_politics_of_good_friday1/ http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/the_politics_of_good_friday1/#When:Fri, 06 Jul 2007 “The politics of Good Friday, then, are a politics of trust. Theologically God’s silence may mean that we are to have faith in a future Easter, but politically it means that God has faith in us here today. To read the gospels closely is to see that God now trusts our ability to perceive injustice and our capacity to mitigate it.” 2007-07-06T20:21:00-05:00 http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/the_strange_justice_of_alberto_gonzales/ http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/the_strange_justice_of_alberto_gonzales/#When:Thu, 28 Jun 2007 “In the end, that tension is what reveals the strange justice of Mr. Gonzales to be no justice at all. Far from redeeming, atoning for, or even completing history, he has instead compromised its emergence. By imposing justice so unilaterally, he has exposed the ideals of our democracy—without which our actions cannot acquire historic weight—to be little more than power masquerading as virtue.” 2007-06-28T20:15:00-05:00 http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/the_politics_of_good_friday/ http://chrismeserole.com/index.php/site/the_politics_of_good_friday/#When:Fri, 06 Apr 2007 The politics of Good Friday, then, are a politics of trust. Theologically God’s silence may mean that we are to have faith in a future Easter, but politically it means that God has faith in us here today. To read the gospels closely is to see that God now trusts our ability to perceive injustice and our capacity to mitigate it. 2007-04-06T20:18:00-05:00