Feature: In The Middle

In a world of partisan bickering, with more heat than light, In The Middle is an attempt to focus more on what unites us than what divides us. Can two reasonable people from opposite ends of the political spectrum put aside partisanship and meet in the middle? We think so.

We won't agree on everything, but we'll find something in common on every subject. Common ground is always available when you look for it.

Each week, one of us picks a topic, usually ripped from the week's headlines. We exchange emails, three emails each, and the results are published here. We're not trying to play "gotcha!" or prove the other person wrong. Things are rarely so simple. We're trying to determine "why" more than "what," and find the common ground between us. We're trying to meet in the middle.

Columnists

Eric Berlin

Phillip Winn

Articles in this feature

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• In The Middle: The Death Penalty

  Should capital puninshment be put to death? Are there reasons on both the Right and the Left to oppose the death penalty?

  News by Phillip Winn — on Dec 14, 2005

• In the Middle: Joe Conason's Iraq War Plan

  Has Joe Conason, writer for Salon.com and the New York Observer, come up with a legitimate and legitimately new idea to win the war in Iraq?

  Opinion by Eric Berlin — on Dec 07, 2005

• In The Middle: John Murtha

  Is there blood in the water, with sharks circling? Or is this solely an honest difference of opinion?

  Opinion by Phillip Winn — on Dec 05, 2005

• In the Middle: Vice President Cheney

  Many swirling questions lead back to one this week: What's up with Vice President Cheney?

  Opinion by Eric Berlin — on Nov 10, 2005

• In The Middle: Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito, Jr

  With Harriet Miers gone, Samuel Alito, Jr, takes the spotlight. Is he the next Supreme Court Justice? Should he be?

  Opinion by Phillip Winn — on Nov 03, 2005

• In the Middle: CIA Leak Case

  Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald has not yet announced the results of his investigation into the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame. But it's coming soon, so this is as good a time as any to ask, "What's it all really mean?"

  Opinion by Eric Berlin — on Oct 27, 2005

• In The Middle: Iraq as a "Media War"

  Iraq in an age of 24/7 news coverage; do the hourly updates weaken America's resolve?

  Opinion by Phillip Winn — on Oct 20, 2005

• In the Middle: Harriet Miers

  Should Harriet Miers be confirmed as Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court? Two sides dig in...

  Opinion by Eric Berlin — on Oct 12, 2005

• In The Middle: Bill Bennett

  In The Middle is an attempt to focus more on what unites us than what divides us. Can two reasonable people from opposite ends of the political spectrum put aside partisanship and meet in the middle? We think so.

  Opinion by Phillip Winn — on Oct 06, 2005