"I am a firm believer in the power of the free market," President Obama told the Wall Street Journal recently. The "irony" surrounding his public image as a...
There were echoes of Bush-style "deciderism" in President Obama's peremptory announcement of an Afghanistan troop "surge" in February.
Likewise, it was hard to miss the...
Most sane Americans are sick of identity politics. More's the pity, then, that race and gender will likely take center stage in the coming Supreme Court fight. If so,...
Unless you've been smart enough to avoid the news entirely for the last few weeks, you know that tomorrow marks President Obama's first 100 days in office. But you may...
On Thursday, the Obama administration released previously classified memos detailing interrogation techniques used against enemy prisoners. In the memos, Bush...
Hatch's statement neatly captures the fallacy behind the act - the notion that service to America is principally service to the American state.The SAA is more carrot...
Calling off the raids was the right thing to do, and--for a liberal president vulnerable to the charge of being "soft on drugs"--a politically courageous move ("the...
"Cynicism" is a scare word, meant to discredit those who cast a skeptical eye on politicians' grand designs. But Obama and McCain are right that distrust of government...
Yet just a few years ago, Senate Republicans, who then fancied themselves a permanent majority, worked doggedly to undermine the filibuster. That was a dumb,...
But there's at least one aspect of conservative doctrine that desperately needs rethinking. That's the Right's embrace of the neoconservative approach to foreign...
