Beirut as a case study in the fragility of cosmopolitanism.

A random poll of 100 passersby about the Lebanon-Israel conflict, taken on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, one of the most diverse streets in the city. Given the nature of the situation, we broke the responses down by faith.

Rabble-rousing, hard-partying Mark Cuban is the spitting, high-def image of Ted Turner—with technology (and Dan Rather) on his side.

A group of veterans of the �Global War on Terror� is speaking up. Do its GOP ties make it this year�s Swift Boat Veterans for Truth?

The fight over David Yassky’s entry into the congressional race in a heavily black district obscures a crucial fact: The GOP loves minority-majority districts.

Don’t call off the caterer just yet: New York’s same-sex-marriage court defeat is a gift in disguise.

Homeland security ahoy!

Is Suozzi’s campaign against Spitzer a profile in courage or self-destruction?

Ambassador-tenant dispute.

Liberal blogs like Daily Kos have made Joe Lieberman their first domino. But without a bigger vision, they may be the ones who fall.