In the ArenaBoston Marathon Bombings
Captured!
7 thoughts about Boston
Klein's latest book is Politics Lost.
Joe Klein
Joe Klein is TIME's political columnist and author of six books, most recently Politics Lost. His weekly TIME column, "In the Arena," covers national and international affairs. In 2004 he won the National Headliner Award for best magazine column.
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In the ArenaBoston Marathon Bombings
In the ArenaVeterans
Wounded Vets Helping in Boston
I spent the morning yesterday with John Wordin, the founder of Ride2Recovery–the excellent bicycle racing therapy program for wounded veterans. He told me that several of his members, who are amputees, were in the Boston …
In the ArenaGun Control
Gun Control: What Really Matters
I’m worried about what happens if the Congress passes the tepid but worthy background checks measure being debated this week.
In the ArenaMagazine
Why Congress May Finally Do a Budget Deal
Congress will turn from do-nothing to no-dither
In the Arenasocial security
Reform Social Security Disability
Back during the presidential campaign, Mitt Romney tried to make the argument that President Obama was soft on welfare reform. He missed the target. Welfare abuse has shifted to Social Security Disability.
In the ArenaRemembrance
David Kuo
My dear, dear friend David Kuo slipped away from us at 10:25 last night—April 5, 2013—after a courageous 10-year struggle against a cancer that was insidious and capricious, coming and going and finally staying. He was 44.
In the ArenaBarack Obama
More Brill, More Obamacare Incompetence
Obama barely scratches the surface of what needs to be done—there is no creative destruction in government, regulations pile up on top of each other like silt, generation after generation.
In the ArenaMarijuana
Marijuana Next
Why I’m for legalizing marijuana.
In the ArenaHealth Care
Obamacare Incompetence
The key incentive for small businesses to support Obamacare was that they would be able to shop for the best deals in health care superstores — called exchanges. So why hasn’t the Administration built them?
In the ArenaNorth Korea
The Kim Who Cried Wolf
Isn’t it interesting that North Korea’s ever more extravagant military threats aren’t drawing much media attention in the U.S.? No one really expects a war to break out. But what if one does?
In the ArenaMagazine
Obama, Syria, and Iran
The decisions that the President makes on Syria and Iran in the coming months may be the most important of his presidency.
In the ArenaGovernment
Shinseki Stonewall
General Eric Shinseki, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, appeared on CNN yesterday. The interview was a nothingburger, but I suppose we should be grateful that the Secretary has offered proof of his existence.
In the ArenaBattleland
Latest Column: The VA Mess
Eric Shinseki is a fine man, and a courageous one. He spoke truth to power at the beginning of the Iraq war. But he has not been an effective Sercretary of Veterans Affairs and it is time for him to go.
