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13 Jan 2016, 9:01 pm
When politicians need to make a safe appeal to voters, one of their tried-and-true applause lines is to declaim loudly that “our children and grandchildren” should be the focus of our concern. [read post]
16 Dec 2015, 9:01 pm
The escalating series of outrageous comments by Donald Trump on the presidential campaign trail has reportedly created enormous headaches for the party’s leaders and backers. [read post]
8 Dec 2015, 9:01 pm
After the Republican presidential candidates held one of their joint press conferences (also known, quite inaccurately, as debates) on the cable network CNBC in October, the candidates and their handlers engaged in a gratuitous round of press bashing by complaining vociferously about the questions that they were asked. [read post]
18 Nov 2015, 9:01 pm
The world is still in the early stages of trying to comprehend the horrors that took place in Paris last week. [read post]
7 Oct 2015, 9:01 pm
In the lead-up to the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, the surprise story has of course been the emergence and staying power (thus far) of Donald Trump. [read post]
22 Sep 2015, 12:05 pm
Neil H. [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 4:04 am
Neil H. [read post]
11 Sep 2015, 3:30 am
Neil H. [read post]
9 Sep 2015, 9:01 pm
Congress is back in session, if only briefly, and the Republicans are eager to fight the budget wars again. [read post]
17 Aug 2015, 9:01 pm
For far too many people in the United States, the issue of “illegal immigration” evokes visions of people crossing the border from Mexico, intent on taking American jobs and using government services without paying taxes. [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 9:01 pm
Social Security turned eighty years old this week. [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 9:01 pm
Although conservative politicians in the United States unleash their most passionate tirades on social issues—the contrived controversy over Planned Parenthood being only the most recent example—economic issues can also elicit white-hot, unreasoning rage. [read post]
29 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm
In my most recent Verdict column, I described why the conditions that Europe’s leaders have imposed on Greece are both unreasonable and economically myopic. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm
The political crisis in Europe revolving around Greece’s economy is currently on hold. [read post]
23 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm
There is an old saying that Social Security is the third rail of American politics: touch it and die. [read post]
4 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm
In the midst of the seemingly endless series of campaign launches by candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, most media coverage has focused on the horse-race narrative, or on the effect of fundraising on politics, or on other matters that appeal to political junkies. [read post]
26 May 2015, 9:00 pm
Last week, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. [read post]
20 May 2015, 9:01 pm
“The Paranoid Style in American Politics,” first published in Harper’s Magazine in 1964, is an essay by the historian Richard J. [read post]
6 May 2015, 9:01 pm
One of the classic examples of misdirected anger involves a stern, humorless clergyman who stands in his pulpit in front of rows and rows of mostly-empty pews. [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 9:01 pm
In my most recent Verdict column, I described the cynical game that congressional Republicans have been playing with the Internal Revenue Service for at least the last two decades. [read post]
