Jerusalem’s Obstructionist Construction
The pattern of Israeli construction in East Jerusalem is meant to erase the Clinton parameters for peace.
Seeking Justice in a System that Doesn’t Guarantee It
How do we hold police and local governments accountable for the backlog of untested rape kits?
Noted
Cutting back on consumption, improving education, and “belling the cat.”
Expert Advice
George W. Bush left us with a staggering set of questions for which political answers are elusive at best.
The XXX-Files
Porn industry lobbyists feel out Capitol Hill in a time of economic crisis.
Risk Is Best Managed From the Bottom Up
We need regulations to address risk in every layer of the system, from the loan or bond, to the bank, to the very structure of the global financial industry.
States Left Behind
When Obama selected his Cabinet, he caused a fair bit of upheaval in his nominees’ home states.
A Stalled Counterrevolution
The finger-pointing for the economic crisis is in full force. In this review: Revisionism, I-Told-You-So-ism, human psychology, and a historical perspective.
Revolution Amid Recession
Universal broadband internet is going to be spectacularly disruptive, and the challenge isn’t just going to be getting everyone connected.
How Bush Won the War Over the Courts
By exploiting certain rules, Bush managed to dramatically alter the makeup of the federal court system.
The Next War Over the Courts
Conservatives are already fired up about Obama’s judicial nominations. Is the White House prepared for the fight?
The Rich and Powerful Can Avoid Risk
Managing and balancing risk in the future is an organic human problem, a political problem, and a problem of power. The question is how to remedy the fact that some players have the power to shift risks and to use the political process for insurance, while others do not.
A Strong Safety Net Encourages Healthy Risk-Taking
The basic underlying principle of the New Deal was that security is not opposed to opportunity but essential to it.
Private Risk Is the Public’s Business
From the earliest days of the republic, government at all levels has actively intervened to regulate and reallocate risk.
Housing is Local, and Lending Should Be, Too
We’re just now learning how dangerous it is that the sources of finance for homeowners and their neighborhoods have no real connection to those people and places.
Radicalizing Love
If monogamous love limits women, then perhaps feminism is the adultery of social norms.
It’s Time to Rethink the Problem
Everything Americans thought they knew about risk was wrong. Now what? To restore real prosperity, we’ll need to get smarter about what we don’t know.
Rights Versus Rites
When it comes to the lives of women around the globe, do local traditions ever trump human rights?
Getting Smarter About IQ
Simple advances, like adequate vision and dental care, can do more for the nation’s children than theoretical debates about education inequality.
Progressivism Goes Mainstream
New research on ideology refutes the conservative myth that America is a “center right” nation.
Charitable Relations
For years, foundations worked in concert with government, creating programs that could then be federally funded and expanded. Will a Democrat in the White House mean a return to this model?
A Give and Take on Immigration
One year after the largest raid in U.S. history, we rarely hear stories of small towns suffering in the absence of immigrants.
Exit, Stage Left
A new collection of plays revisits a moment when the narrative power of organized labor was at its zenith.
A Tale of Two Exurbs
Most outer-ring suburbs are being developed into unwalkable sprawl. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Republicans Tripping
Conservative critics used Obama’s recent diplomatic trip to demonize the president. Unfortunately for them, their histrionics don’t seem to be working.
The FundamentaList (No. 65)
Taking a close look at the common-ground approach of the “Come Let Us Reason Together” coalition, and Rick Warren’s Facebook for evangelicals.
