Politics
Prospects for Legal Marijuana? Higher and Higher
Mar 25, 2013Across the country, the number of bills to liberalize marijuana use—and the odds of their success—is, well, growing.
No, the Religious Right Hasn't Gone Away
Mar 25, 2013Social conservatives are still around, and the Religious Right is still a force in American politics.
The Unending Terror of the Red-State Democrat
Mar 25, 2013Gripped by such fear that they can't even support a measure that 90 percent of voters approve of.
Claire McCaskill Jumps on the Marriage Equality Train
Mar 25, 2013Support from the prominent Senate centrist is further evidence of how far the cause has come.
Don't Be Naïve. That Speech Was a Revolution
Mar 25, 2013Obama told Israelis last week that the occupation is destroying their country's future.
Battle of the Budgets
Mar 24, 2013Now that Senate Democrats have passed their first budget since 2009, what does it all mean?
Another Court Nominee Down
Mar 24, 2013What were the "extraordinary circumstances" preventing Caitlin Halligan from being confirmed?
Republicans Have Actual Good Idea to Improve Presidential Primaries
Mar 22, 2013Take the debates away from the journalists.
The Super-Sexy Case Against Gay Marriage
Mar 22, 2013When I get that feelin', I need Supreme Court amicus briefs.
Take Social Security and Medicare Off the Bargaining Table
Mar 22, 2013The Democratic leadership has offered cuts to vital entitlement programs before budget negotiations have even begun, and at a time when American's need them most.
A Post-Iraq Security Consensus?
Mar 22, 2013Is the country ready for a new (and cheaper) way of doing national security?
Take That, Political Science!
Mar 22, 2013The Senate has voted to defund research for political science. The implications for other sciences are scary.
How to Fix Entitlements? More Immigrants
Mar 21, 2013Allowing more people to live and work in the United States would go a long way toward fixing our fiscal problems.
Have You Heard? Feminism's Over!
Mar 21, 2013As this week's New York magazine cover story shows, trend pieces heralding the return of "retro values" have become a tired cliché.
