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Post date: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Has The Tide Turned On Taxes?
Alec MacGillis , The New RepublicTax Day 2009 was a very steamy affair. As you may recall, tempers got so hot at several anti-tax Tea Party protests in Texas that the Lone Star governor who was riling up the crowds, one Rick Perry, declared that he might just be open to his great state seceding from the union.Just three years later .. submitted 05/22/12
Post date: Sunday, March 11, 2012
End the Drug War, Mr. President
John Mcwhorter , The New RepublicYes, we know we’re tempting fate. But we figure there’s a 50 percent chance Obama will get reelected, and in any case he needs an agenda to campaign on. So we’ve asked a number of TNR writers to explain what they think Obama should focus on for the next four years if he wins in November. Click .. submitted 05/22/12
Post date: Thursday, March 8, 2012
Why ‘Crony Capitalism’ is as American as Apple Pie
Michael Kazin , The New RepublicConservatives are supposed to cherish tradition, to draw on customs and policies which worked well in the past to guide what office-holders ought to do in the future. So it is ironic, if not hypocritical, that they constantly peddle a notion about the separation of business and government that has n .. submitted 05/22/12
Post date: Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Ohio: Not Exactly a Romney Win
Jonathan Cohn , The New RepublicEven before Tuesday, we knew that Romney would get more delegates from Ohio, because Santorum’s campaign organization hadn’t gotten enough signatures in all of the state’s congressional districts. The state mattered because it was a bellwether. In particular, it was a chance for Romney to show .. submitted 05/22/12
Post date: Monday, March 5, 2012
Post date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Stop Blaming Wall Street
John Judis , The New RepublicAs the U.S. economy fails to recover, there is a growing fear that the United States has entered a phase of long-term decline. Conservatives blame “big government” for throttling entrepreneurship; liberals tend to take aim at Wall Street. Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi memorably described Gold .. submitted 05/22/12
Post date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Three Ways Obama Can Fix the Housing Crisis
William Galston , The New RepublicEconomics is the obvious place to turn for answers. But, despite the impressive gains in the field over the past century, economic policymaking (like the rest of public policy) remains more art than science. We try to find the best way forward without being certain that our efforts will produce the .. submitted 05/22/12
Post date: Monday, May 2, 2011
What Osama Bin Laden's Death Means
Jonathan Chait , The New Republic1. For the world, the death of bin Laden provides important momentum for the United States and a brake on the prestige of al Qaeda. People around the world knew that bin Laden had defied the might of the American military and intelligence services, and this fact made the United States look impotent. .. submitted 05/22/12
Post date: Friday, March 11, 2011
Meet Peter King’s Star Witness
T.a. Frank , The New RepublicOn Thursday, Peter King, the Republican chair of the House Homeland Security committee, kicks off a series of hearings on domestic terrorism that are being heralded as the second coming of Joseph McCarthy, the Salem Witch Trials, and the Spanish Inquisition. Such comparisons may err (a little) on th .. submitted 05/22/12
Post date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Stealing Health Reform's Subsidies
Jonathan Cohn , The New RepublicA controversial provision of the Affordable Care Act will raise revenue by forcing small businesses to report business transactions more faithfully. The law's critics and even some of its supporters have, for some time, been trying to change that provision.Maybe these people have a point and maybe t .. submitted 05/22/12
Why Conservatives Turned on Sarah Palin
Noreen Malone , The New RepublicIt’s never easy to extricate yourself from a fling that got way too serious. But that’s exactly what many conservatives are trying to do after a few heady years of Sarah Palin infatuation. In the wake of Palin’s deeply unserious reality TV show and her embarrassing “blood libel” video, the .. submitted 05/22/12
Post date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Why I'd Place My Bet on Tim Pawlenty
Jonathan Chait , The New RepublicWith few declared candidates and no clear frontrunner, the Republican presidential primary appears to be as muddled as ever. But I actually think things are shaking out in a way as to clear the path for Tim Pawlenty.My view of the primary selection system is that it consists of two basic constituenc .. submitted 05/22/12
Why Ohio Matters
William Galston , The New RepublicTwo weeks ago, I published a piece arguing that the Obama campaign would do better to take Ohio as their campaign template than to focus on Colorado. Critics pointed out the arithmetic truth that you could remove Ohio and several other Midwestern states from Obama’s 2008 victory column and still h .. submitted 05/22/12
Paying Teachers Too Much? Or Too Little?
Jonathan Cohn , The New RepublicIf you want a lengthy, detailed version of the debate, I highly recommend a 2005 exchange between economists Larry Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute* and Michael Podgursky of the University of Missouri-Columbia. Mishel argues that teachers have made less than other professionals of comparable .. submitted 05/22/12
Intervention
Steven Metz , The New RepublicAs Americans became transfixed by the violence and chaos in Libya, calls for U.S. military action arose across the political spectrum. Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman, among others, advocated the creation of a no-fly zone and arming anti-government forces. Meanwhile, opponents of military act .. submitted 05/22/12