Immigrant Son
Marco Rubio wants to sell the GOP on a path to citizenship for undocumented Americans. So why is his mom calling?
Michael Grunwald
Michael Grunwald is TIME's senior national correspondent. Before coming to TIME, he spent nearly a decade at the Washington Post, where he served as a congressional correspondent, New York bureau chief, essayist and national investigative reporter. Grunwald has also written for the Boston Globe, The New Republic and Slate among many other publications, and is the recipient of the George Polk Award for national reporting, the Worth Bingham Prize for investigative reporting and the Society of Environmental Journalists award for in-depth reporting. Raised in Greenvale, N.Y., Grunwald holds a B.A. from Harvard College. He lives in Miami.
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What’s Wrong With the Republican Party?
The most important political story of the last two decades is the Republican Party’s journey to wackadoodleland.
The Subtext of Obama’s Speech: My Critics Are Un-American Reactionaries!
Obama’s second inaugural address was another attempt to sow division within the GOP
Man of His Word: Obama Likely to Deliver on His Inaugural Promises (Again)
If the past four years are any guide, listen closely to what Obama says he plans to do. It’ll probably happen.
A New Report Says Change Happens From the Outside. But in the Obama Era, It’s Happened on the Inside.
Obamacare was a triumph of ugly compromises, backroom deals, and procedural shenanigans. For environmental reform to pass, Obama would need to play the same game.
The Trillion Dollar Coin Fantasy: GOP Extremism Can’t Be Wished Away
Platinum coins can’t make congressional Republicans disappear, and platitudes won’t make them cave. If Obama wants a debt ceiling deal, he’s going to have to pay a ransom.
Obama and the Liberals, Part Two: Progressives Should Focus on Progress
Someday, progressives will look back at the Obama presidency as a golden era of progress. They might as well start now.
Obama and the Liberals: Three Quarters of a Loaf Is Never Enough
Grunwald explains the three genres of lefty delusion: Ivory Soap, Choose Your Own Adventure, and Heighten the Contradictions.
A Tragedy Like Newtown Should Be Politicized, But Changing Anything Will Take Different Politicians
I haven’t read any stories about the innocent children and teachers whose lives were cut short because they went to school at Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday. I couldn’t read about the innocent victims who died because they …
The Fed Finally Does Something About Unemployment. And It’s Big.
After three years of doing a wonderful job of maintaining stable prices while doing a terrible job of maximizing employment, the Fed finally seems determined to take its dual mandate seriously.
A Response to David Frum, Who Seems to Like the Obama Stimulus Better Than He Thinks He Does
Frum’s double whack at The New New Deal raises legitimate questions about green industrial policy.
Fiscal Cliff Fictions: Let’s All Agree to Pretend the GOP Isn’t Full of It
Mainstream media outlets don’t want to look partisan, so they ignore the BS hidden in plain sight.
How to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff
Just as Washington created the fiscal cliff, Washington can make it go away.
