- Ben Adler argues that when it comes to national security it's all about the swagger, rather than the record of each party.
- Beenish Ahmed writes of young mothers fighting school closures in Detroit.
- Paul Waldman asks if journalists are treating the anti-budget-slashing town halls the same way they treated the anti-health-care town halls in 2009.
- Nazeer Patel says that Conservatives won what looks at first glance like a strong mandate from voters in national elections in Canada yesterday, but it actually provides an opportunity for progressives to get stronger.