A Valid Concern
Defending the President’s Use of the OBL Killing as a Campaign Talking Point
On the Newsstand:Hillary Clinton
Reframing a Personality – TextsFromHillary
The meme shows a Clinton who is very different from her 2008 campaign.
Rethinking Christie’s Gay Marriage Veto
The Left's anger with Governor Christie is misguided and hypocritical.
Papua New Guinea’s Great Power Conflict
A domestic struggle between political powers in Papua New Guinea is emerging as a new front in the Pacific power conflict between the United States and China.
Introduction: Reading Memoirs
It is easy to scorn the memoir. Martin Amis’ imaged scene in his review of Hillary Clinton’s It Takes a Village (“… goes over to Bill’s people, to see if they have a problem with this or are uncomfortable with that, and Bill’s people bounce it back to Hill’s people with what they are unhappy about…”) is probably what we have in mind ... Read More
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Forgotten, But Not Yet Fixed
The scars of the Bosnian War have faded. Bosnia & Herzegovina, however, remains as dysfunctional as ever.
Retroactive Diary of Qureshi Forum
Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, foreign minister of Pakistan, at the Institute of Politics
House Democrats Vote to Raise Taxes
Just before its Memorial Day recess, the House passed a bill that, according to The New York Times, would raise the taxes that investment managers pay on carried interest, just at the moment new long-term investment is most needed. General executive partners of long-term investment partnerships, including investments in real estate, venture capital, private equity, and other investments, are paid ... Read More
Business Rules
The U.S. Supreme Court may be about to render the most important business decision of the decidedly pro-business Roberts era, but one might not know it from the details of the case. The plaintiff is a small conservative advocacy group, not a major corporation; the focal point is a corporate-funded anti-Hillary Clinton documentary that was banned by the FEC, as ... Read More
Chafing at the Bonds
A positive official tone masks U.S.-China tensions “We have laid the foundation for a positive, cooperative, and comprehensive relationship for the 21st century,” said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the conclusion of the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue this past July. But three months later, the Obama administration leveled a tariff on Chinese tires. China ... Read More
Hip-Hop President
How Obama will influence the genre On his posthumously released hit Changes, 2Pac rapped, “Although it seems heaven sent, we ain’t ready to see a black president.” The song addresses problems like police violence, drug use, poverty, and the epidemic of incarceration in the black community. Blasting what he sees as the offenses of a racist government, he called on ... Read More
Much Ado About Polling
Concerns over the role of the poll are misguided The high number of public opinion polls was impossible to miss during the 2008 election, and, though the horserace is on break, professional pollsters are keeping busy. Polling is no longer a part-time business, and a wide variety of opinion polls, covering everything from congressional and presidential job approval to health ... Read More
