The Obama Administration
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Urban Policing, Without Brutality
Jul 20, 2015Cincinnati has emerged as a role model of policing reform—but even the best-in-show has a long way to go.
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Our Incoherent China Policy (Fall Preview)
Sep 21, 2015The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership is bad economics, and even worse as containment of China.
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The Fundamentals of Immigration Reform
Mar 12, 2013To begin fixing America’s broken system, we must be guided by both our highest values and our economic needs.
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On Realism, Old and New
Oct 29, 2014With new threats to the peace, it’s more important than ever to be clear about America’s core national interests.
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Black America's Promised Land: Why I Am Still a Racial Optimist
Nov 10, 2014Hope and pessimism have defined two traditions of American thinking about race. Fully acknowledging recent setbacks, the author makes the case for the tradition of hope.
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Sex, Lies and Justice
Jan 12, 2015Can we reconcile the belated attention to rape on campus with due process?
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Blind to the Future
Feb 01, 2015Chris Christie and the Republican default on public investment.
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A Needless Default
Feb 08, 2015The administration’s foreclosure relief program was designed to help bankers, not homeowners. That disgrace will haunt Democrats.
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The Sensible, Risky Option
Apr 15, 2015The Iran deal is a gamble, but the best one available.
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Why Public Silence Greets Government Success
May 08, 2015Hardly anyone notices when government works—so how to design policies that get credit?
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The Cyber Conundrum
Jun 01, 2015Why the current policy for national cyber defense leaves us open to attack.
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The Indefensible Filibuster of Nina Pillard
Nov 14, 2013The evidence that the latest court nominee to be filibustered by the Senate is a radical? Well, she did work to advance women's constitutional rights. And had the support of one of the most conservative Supreme Court justices ever.
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Shocker: Health-Exchange Websites Can Be Done Right
Nov 13, 2013An outside site tries to do what Healthcare.gov can't, but at least one state has gotten it right.
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Darrell Issa, the Obama Administration's Best Friend
Nov 12, 2013Just imagine if the Republicans had someone running the oversight committee who wasn't a bumbling fool.
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Between a Rock and a Polling Place
Nov 11, 2013President Obama's numbers are pretty unimpressive. Building an excellent website or leading better are unlikely to fix them.
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Who’s on First? Under Boehner, It’s Always the Senate.
Nov 11, 2013Forget about the Hastert Rule. The House speaker has his own, which is going to make it difficult for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and a handful of other legislation to pass.
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Obamacare Expansion in the Offing?
Nov 08, 2013If Republicans are going to cry about people losing junk insurance, take the opportunity to expand the ACA.
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The Democrats' Original Food-Stamp Sin
Nov 06, 2013November 1 saw a rollback of food assistance for the neediest Americans. The left shares just as much blame for the cuts as Republicans.
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Bill de Blasio's Elements of Style
Nov 05, 2013The Democratic mayoral candidate has run an elegant and successful campaign. But tweaks in the general election have people wondering: How will he lead?
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Long Live the Kludge
Nov 04, 2013Sure, we could have a more efficient government if we got rid of those pesky checks and balances. But we’d have to give up the citizen efficacy that is our Constitution’s enduring special sauce.
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No, Obama Isn't Trying to "Pack the Court"
Oct 31, 2013Maybe Republican pundits and politicos should read the founding document they name-drop at every turn before they recommend dismantling it to further their ideological agenda.
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Super Sad Spy Story
Oct 29, 2013How the NSA’s surveillance state could define Obama’s presidency
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Another Phony Obamacare Victim Story
Oct 29, 2013The exemplar temptation produces bad journalism.
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The Biggest Design Flaw in Healthcare.gov
Oct 28, 2013It was always going to be problematic, but with one change they could have saved themselves a lot of headaches.
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The Next Battle at the Fed
Oct 28, 2013Who the president appoints to the vacancies on the Fed Board of Governors could determine whether Janet Yellen is chair of the Federal Reserve in name only.
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Mission Affordabled: Why Obama’s Website Problems Aren’t “His Iraq”
Oct 28, 2013Democrats will let the president’s signature legislation die a painful death if Healthcare.gov isn’t fixed soon. Which is exactly why Obama is racing to fix this mess like Bush never did with his signature war.
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