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Business of America
Of all the events of the recent financial crisis, none shook the American establishment as profoundly as the fall of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. News articles described the firm as an “institution” of American capitalism, employing...
Letter from the Editor
On Jan. 17, 1925 President Calvin Coolidge remarked that the “business of the American people is business.” Pundits and politicians invoke this often-cited dictum to confirm that we live in a land of capitalism and free markets, and to remind...
The Politics of Human Trafficking
Ursula Plassnik is a current member of Austria’s Parliament and is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Politics. She was instrumental in managing Austria’s...
Funding Innovation for HBCUs
Dr. John Silvanus Wilson on the new administration’s approach to supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities Harvard Political Review:...
He Works Hard for his Party
Terry McAuliffe on the Democratic Party in 2009 Terry McAuliffe has been helping democrats get elected for decades. He formerly served as the chairman...
A Documented Campaign
Producers Alicia Sams and Amy Rice on filming their HBO documentary “By The People: The Election of Barack Obama” Harvard Political Review:...
Play On
Music, politics, and celebrity in the age of Bono Bono jumped eagerly across the stage, swinging his microphone. The Edge launched the guitar intro for...
Pawns of History?
The question of Jewish liberalism Why Are Jews Liberals?, by Norman Podhoretz, Doubleday, 2009. $27, 295 pp. The story of Norman Podhoretz is as...
The Mathematical Prophet
Should we heed his word? The Predictioneer’s Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future, by Bruce Bueno de...
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...
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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