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How the Election Compromised Education Reform
Results across the country show the fragility of the reform agenda.
The Obama Lesson: Deeds Beat Words
Throughout his first term, pundits said Obama was ruining his political fortunes with unpopular policies. He won anyway. And there’s a lesson there.
Let’s Just Say It: Obama Is Favored on Election Day
A strange thing is happening as Election Day draws near. In normal times, we struggle to stay afloat in the sea of political opinions. Now the punditry has been afflicted with an epidemic of agnosticism. After living and breathing this race for 18 months, they say they have no idea who will win.
The Cult of the CEO and the Trumpification of the GOP
Americans should stop paying so much attention to what business executives think.
Goodbye, Mr. Scissorhands: Romney Recaptures Centrist Image
Mitt Romney won more than just a debate in Denver; he won an opportunity to take the presidency away from Barack Obama. If he plays his cards right, he can repeat his own history and become the 45th President of the United States.
Obama Should Stop Defending Big (Bird) Government
Yes, I know, just 0.014% of the federal budget goes to PBS. Yes, I know, it’s absurd to hear Mitt Romney imply that he can fix the deficit by squeezing Big Bird. But the Obama campaign’s post-debate pivot to Mr. Snuffleupagus’s feathery friend is just as absurd. Yes, I know, Americans like Big Bird, but they’re not so wild about …
Lessons of 9/11: A Response to Evil
It is a perfectly beautiful morning in New York, just as it was 11 years ago today. By the end of that day, the world, as I knew it, had changed. In the small suburb where I lived, nine fathers didn’t come home that night. Our …
Romney at the Convention: Whom Will Mitt Speak To?
The Republican Convention is Mitt Romney’s first big opportunity since the primaries to speak directly to general-election voters. Will he focus on rallying the Republican base, or will he try to connect with the swing voters …
Don’t Let Paul Ryan Become a Religious Lightning Rod
How we practice our faith in the public sphere does matter. But we’ve reached a point where the battle to define what’s politically proper Catholicism, and what’s Catholically proper politics, has begun to demean the religion.
Paul Ryan Is a Brave Deficit Hawk, if You Ignore His Record and His Policies
I should probably just shut up about Paul Ryan, because I believe there’s a federal statute requiring pundits to marvel at his “seriousness” and “courage.” I think there’s also a constitutional mandate enshrining him as a “deficit hawk,” even though he voted for the Bush tax cuts, the Bush military and security spending binge, the …
President Obama Mourns Aurora — and Misses an Opportunity
Before the dead were buried, and before the killer appeared in court, President Obama arrived in Aurora, Colo., on Sunday to grieve. He met with families of the victims and spoke eloquently about the sorrows inflicted on the …
The Aurora Shooting: Sometimes There’s Nothing Wrong with Politicizing a Tragedy
The telegenic schoolmarms we call pundits are all denouncing the politicization of the tragedy in Aurora, calling out the crass opportunists who would dare to use human suffering to advance their preferred public policy choices. …