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Hypocritical Mediocrity
Why did Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad get a student visa and U.S. citizenship? Marty Peretz argued yesterday that he shouldn’t have because he was mediocre. But I don’t think that Peretz’ reasoning is much better than...
Divining the Progress of the Climate Bill
Since the recent explosion of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the politics of the climate bill have become more complicated, according to the New York Times. The newly perceived safety risks make it difficult to include increasing offshore...
Rahm-ed Out
Rahm Emanuel New York Times Magazine, I know you’ve probably been working on this magnum opus on Rahm Emanuel for weeks, but I feel like...
John Dewey and Modern Economics
The New Republic has reprinted a wonderful Depression-era essay by John Dewey about the collapse of what he calls the “romanticism of business”: But...
Obama’s Problems with the White Working Class
John Judis of the New Republic thinks that President Obama has trouble with the white working-class because he’s a yuppie at heart. I think that this is definitely...
An Obituary Too Soon
The uncertain state of modern conservatism The Death of Conservatism, by Sam Tanenhaus, Random House, 2009. $17, 144 pp. In 1962, legendary...
No Nukes, Please.
It would be a pity to let go without comment Obama’s recent speech in Prague. For those of you who didn’t follow it (the North Korean missile launch...
A Ticking Mandate
Historic challenges await America’s new leader As Election Day unfolded, pundits, politicians, and ordinary citizens attempted to put into perspective...
A Republican New Deal
An ambitious attempt to reshape the Republican promise Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dreamby...
A Court by Any Other Name?
Roberts, Kennedy, and Collegiality on the Supreme Court During the summer of 2006, Chief Justice John Roberts spoke publicly about the need for greater...
Current Issue: Spring 2010
Religion in America
- Is Godless Great? A New Heyday for American Secularism
The American Way of Faith Compromise, innovation, and tradition
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