Domestic Affairs
Catastrophic Coverage
With ACA enrollment numbers up and the troubled website stabilized, it’s worth looking back at the madness that gripped the Chicken Little pundits a few months ago.
Opting Out
The presence of the Amish in America poses a conundrum: How do a people who espouse a slow and simple way of life not only survive but thrive in a hypermodern world?
Botched Arguments
Making sure late-term abortions are done only to save the life of the mother—under the safest conditions possible—should be something both sides can agree on.
The Real Battlefield
Robert Gates’s memoir has been criticized, but just as he did his duty to his commanders-in-chief, he now does his duty to his fellow citizens.
Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill Hurt the Religious
Social and religious conservatives should have been the first to oppose the effort to allow businesses to discriminate against same-sex couples on religious grounds.
Give It to Us Straight, Doc
The conventional wisdom seems to be that Americans, feeling ripped off by the Affordable Care Act, are ready to pounce. But how does that correspond to reality?
No Ground for 'Stand Your Ground'
We should not have had to go through another racially charged trial in Florida to learn that “stand your ground” laws are a failure.
John Boehner's Sunshine Band
February 11 marked the end of a dismal experiment during which the right wing did all it could to make the United States look like a country incapable of governing.
Top Heavy
Conservatives insist that higher incomes at the very top fuel investment and growth and improve living standards. Real-world outcomes make nonsense of these claims.
The Road to Paralysis
Our politics are haunted by principles of Austrian economics and their sweeping hostility to any actions by government to keep downturns from becoming catastrophes.
Obama, Confidence Builder
Consider Obama's State of the Union speech a bid to move the national conversation back to the economic basics: to “opportunity for everybody."
Year Six of Hope & Change
It was a bittersweet briefing that told us exactly where the Obama administration finds itself at the dawn of its sixth year.
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