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Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to... →
During the financial crisis and bailouts of 2008, it probably occurred to very few average people that we were entering a period of hardship for... →
Most of Roosevelt's innovations have been the law of the land for 70 years now, and yet we are still a free society free enough, that is, to... →
Our laws governing lobbying and campaign contributions have struck the right balance between the wishes of the people and those of private industry... →
There is much to dislike about President Obama's approach to the financial crisis. But opposition, it seems, will have to come from somewhere... →
This aesthetic quality, then, is what politics is all about. It's authenticity that separates winners from losers, good politics from bad, and... →
Surrogate motherhood has been the subject of much philosophical and political dispute over the years.
As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is... →
Just as the financial crisis has created toxic assets and 'zombie' financial institutions, so has it transformed conservatism into a movement... →
Our current way of regulating the financial system is dysfunctional. Oversight is dispersed among numerous confusing bodies that at times have seemed... →
Massive inequality, we have learned, isn't the best way to run an economy after all. And when you think about it, it's also profoundly ugly.
Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen.
We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated... →
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