President Obama chose to announce a new Unites States nuclear strategy not to the American people, not even to members of …
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The Civil-Liberties Freak-Out
We pretty much knew everything that has “broken” in the past week. The NSA has been involved in a legal data-mining operation for almost a decade.
Gay Boy Scouts Employee: I Can’t Live a Lie Any Longer
I am a full-time paid professional employee of the Boy Scouts of America. I am also gay.
Republicans Seem to Be Out of Economic Ideas — Here Are Two Suggestions
Belief in austerity persists because there’s a certain grim moral justice in the idea that debtor nations should pay for their crimes with deep, painful forced cuts. Justice aside, austerity is a failed economic concept.
Michael Crowley on Benghazi
“I just don’t see any scandal there.”
Syria: Intervention Will Only Make it Worse
The various schemes that have been proposed for a kind of tiddlywinks intervention from around the edges of the conflict—no-fly zones, bombing Damascus and so forth—would simply make the situation worse.
Syria: Intervention is in Our Interest
The question for another President today, and for all Americans, is whether we will again answer the desperate pleas for rescue that are made uniquely to us, the USA.
Don’t Let the Boston Bombing Take Away Our Privacy Rights
No one objects to cameras at high-profile targets or events; at the same time, we at the American Civil Liberties Union think there needs to be a balance.
Tread on Me: The Case for Freedom From Terrorist Bombings, School Shootings and Exploding Factories
The past few months show that the government must protect the public even if it has to limit individual rights
Tailpipe Politics: The Lessons (So Far) of 2013
Here’s what you can learn about Obama’s climate agenda from the EPA’s new effort for cleaner air.
What Bush Got Right on Iraq — and What Obama Can Learn from It
Before pulling the trigger on Iran, the U.S. should review how Bush nearly drove Saddam Hussein from power without an invasion
Cory Booker Wins South By Southwest (SXSW) — How a Mayor Conquered America’s Biggest Tech Festival
TIME interviewed Newark Mayor Cory Booker for SXSW. Afterward, Booker was bestowed with the prestigious designation of “Speaker of the Event.” Here’s why.
Ryan’s Latest Budget: Wrong Problem, Wrong Solution
Even though Rep. Paul Ryan’s newest 10-year spending plan balances the budget, he still doesn’t really care about the deficit.
