Politics

Michael Lewis’s Case for Government

Amid Trumpian chaos, the best-selling author and other top writers are heralding...

The Filibuster is Working. You Just Can’t See It

Frustration that the filibuster was not deployed last week should not obscure th...

Cut the Senate Democrats Some Slack

Democrats have reasons to filibuster the Republican bill that keeps the governme...

The Smart, Targeted Tax Cuts Democrats Should Champion

Instead of being fiscal scolds and rejecting the renewal of Trump’s 2017 tax cut...

Is Trump Now a Patron of the Arts?

Is Trump Now a Patron of the Arts? The president now chairs the Kennedy Center ...

Laying Down and Waiting for the Midterms is Not an Option

An aggressive posture toward Trump’s MAGA onslaught allows the elected Democrats...

Remembering Kevin Drum

My friend and colleague, who died this month, was not only a pioneer blogger but...

Europe’s Rude Awakening

Even with the announcement about resuming military aid to Kyiv, Trump's abandonm...

Democratic Candidates Should Shred Interest-Group Quest...

They are landmine-laden, jargon-filled traps for anyone trying to build a winnin...

Three Justices and a Fatal Mistake

Lewis Powell, Harry Blackmun, and John Paul Stevens allowed the death penalty to...

Trump’s Night at the Opera

Trump’s Night at the Opera. A stunning production of Melville’s tale of vengeanc...

Let’s Create “Town Hall Night in America”

It’s time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy The po...

Democrats Should “Do Something.” And They Are.

The opposition party doesn’t have to form a circular firing squad. What they hav...

Trump Escalates His War on Independent Regulatory Agencies

Trump Escalates His War on Independent Regulatory Agencies: His February executi...

I Learned So Much From President Trump’s Address to Con...

And from the Democrats’ very effective protests. The post I Learned So Much Fro...

Trump Fired the Archivist of the United States

Dismissing Dr. Colleen Shogan and replacing her with Marco Rubio as Acting Archi...

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