Justin Elliott's Blog, page 6

"My faith requires me to support Israel"

Rick Perry's Christian Zionist foreign policy

Romney: "Corporations are people, my friend"

The GOP candidate makes a flub that could haunt him

Rick Perry: The pro-Shariah candidate?

The Texas governor's surprisingly warm relationship with the Muslim community

The campaign to blame Iran for downed U.S. chopper

Two media outlets air the baseless claim that Iran helped shoot down the SEALs' helicopter over the weekend

D.C. firm inks lucrative public-relations contract with Bahrain

As the Gulf monarchy cracks down on an international aid group, it hires Qorvis for $40,000-per-month P.R. job

The abortion that Mitt doesn't talk about anymore

His young relative died tragically in an illegal abortion in 1963: Her untold story -- and what it means for Romney

Debunking stereotypes of Muslim Americans

Gallup asks Americans of different faiths about terrorism, prejudice and foreign policy -- with surprising results

If it walks like a W and talks like a W ...

Does Rick Perry sound too much like George W. Bush to be elected president?

"It takes balls to execute an innocent man"

Did a questionable execution actually help Rick Perry's political career?

This is what imposition of religious law looks like

Israeli lawmakers push for the use of traditional Jewish law in courts