Caught on Tape
Revelations that the CIA destroyed tapes of interrogations are further evidence of the degree to which this administration has fostered a culture of self-justifying raw power. It’s time for us to call for leadership that promotes professionalism.
UpFront: The Unified Field Theory of George Soros
Proof that all of America’s ills can be laid at the feet of a certain liberal Jewish banker, debating the benefits of global warming, and just who are these Iowa caucus-goers?
Hold that Tax
Social Security does not face an urgent crisis, and its problems do not need to be addressed now by a tax increase.
Look Back in Awe
Even baby boom liberals who spent their youth in rebellion against the tranquilized 1950s have become homesick for its virtues.
A Movement Transformed
States have boldly advanced the cause of preschool in the last few years. Now, let’s use growing support for pre-K to mobilize a national investment in early childhood.
Pre-K Politics in the States
Pennsylvania and Illinois have made early childhood education a priority. Can other states — and Washington — learn from their example?
“Kids First” Politics, Round Two
Progressives now have a chance to push a political agenda favoring investment in children. What can the second wave of children’s politics learn from the first?
Child-Care Pay, Child-Care Quality
Decent early childhood education requires well-trained and compensated educators.
Continuing the Investment
Improvement can’t stop at kindergarten. Top-notch “early education” must extend to 3rd grade — and beyond.
Personal Finance Gets Political
Self-help finance guru Suze Orman has had an epiphany: Lending institutions could use some regulation.
All Our Children: An Introduction
Social outlay for early childhood education is the best investment we can make in America’s future.
Nature, Nurture, and Destiny
The Bell Curve revisited: What science teaches us about heredity and environment.
Faith-Based History
Hugh Heclo’s history of Christianity in America overlooks the factional, temporal, and profane concerns of the nation’s churches.
From One Generation to the Next
Poor health at birth is one key channel through which economic status is passed from parent to child. Smart policies can lift kids beyond the poverty of parents.
The Great Enabler
In his unguarded, unmediated moments, Alan Greenspan the economist has begun repudiating Alan Greenspan the (anti) regulator. Will anyone notice?
The Supreme Court’s Wrong Turn — And How to Fix It
After posing as moderates, Justices Roberts and Alito have moved the Court radically to the right.
This Is Murder?
A 30-year-old mother with a history of dug abuse is charged with first and second degree murder after her child is stillborn.Is prosecuting her really the solution?
Repealing the 20th Century
When most Americans think about the Supreme Court’s effect, they think about such cultural hot-buttons as abortion, or due process for terrorists.
No Parent Left Behind
Often, the most effective efforts to intervene in the lives of disadvantaged children start early — or even before they are born.
How Hillary’s Done It–So Far
Thanks to her sure-footedness, her rivals’ mistakes, and diminishing Democratic divisions, Hillary Clinton has built a commanding lead. But we haven’t heard from Iowa yet.
Paying For It
The consequence of fiscal austerity and unwillingness to raise taxes on the rich is that America doesn’t have the means to lift the bottom half. So what are leading Democrats prescribing? More of the same.
Changing the Climate on Early Childhood
The science of early childhood development is as persuasive as the science of global climate change. Today, both challenges urgently call for a transformative politics.
