Politics
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."
Just Warriors, Unjust Wars?
Catholics have special reason to care about Jeff McMahan’s work on the question of just war and the debates it has sparked.
Getting On with It
If you doubt the cost of indulging in political pieties rather than political organizing, compare the influence of Occupy Wall Street with the Tea Party.
So Far, So Good
Iran’s nuclear ambitions are a serious problem, but demanding complete Iranian capitulation, either at the negotiating table or on the battlefield, is no solution.
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.
Seeking Guidance?
Legislative prayer is the subject of the latest religion-clause challenge to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Self Help
A fear that the United States not only has decisively lost its power in the region, but is also responsible for why everything seems to be going wrong.
Blank Checks
In spite of historical lessons, blank checks remain the currency of allied nations. During the twentieth century, seemingly competent leaders have issued them.
