Can the Democratic Party — rarely a smoothly coordinated creature — function when two different outfits in two different cities are trying to run the show?
“Congressman Young's remarks were offensive and beneath the dignity of the office he holds. I don't care why he said it—there's no excuse and it warrants an immediate apology.”
Bathroom Battle: States Grapple With Transgender Rights
As the Supreme Court mulls gay marriage, states tackle a different question: which bathrooms should transgender citizens use?
Why All Republicans are Democrats in Washington
Between the poached lobster at Charlie Palmer and the lunchtime speech at the Omni Shoreham, your typical Republican politician—no matter how carefully he tries to maintain ideological purity—is going to be tempted
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.
Morning Must Reads: March 29
In the news: North Korea, sequestration, Wall Street, Rush Limbaugh, immigration woes, Bo Obama.
In Kentucky, Rand Paul Demonstrates the Art of the Sale
The younger Paul is on the rise and on message.
Behind Bloomberg’s Gun-Buyer Background-Check Ad Blitz
With hearings and floor action awaiting Congress when it returns from Easter recess, gun-control groups are being put to the test
“Shame on us if we've forgotten.”
— President Barack Obama on the Newtown, CT tragedy at the White House on Thursday. Obama called for stricter gun control laws.
RNC Chair Urges “Dignity and Respect” for All After Michigan GOP Official’s Facebook Post On “Filthy” Homosexuals
Priebus issues statement after young Republicans denounce official’s citation of anti-gay article
$4 Trillion
— The latest estimate, here, of the cost to the U.S. of waging the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, from Harvard researcher Linda Bilmes. The eventual cost could reach $6 trillion, she estimates, or nearly $20,000 per American.
TIME Managing Editor Richard Stengel on New “Gay Marriage Already Won.” Cover
Rick Stengel stops by the ‘Morning Joe’ set to discuss David Von Drehle’s latest cover story.