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Yesterday, before a group of Republicans at the Reagan Library in California, Florida Senator Marco Rubio gave a speech on the failure of the welfare state, and the danger it poses to civil society. Here is the crux of his argument, which should sound familiar to anyone who pays attention to the Tea Party: These […]

Yesterday, I went to a breakfast hosted by Politico to watch Mike Allen interview Treasury Secretary Bill Crudup Timothy Geithner on a variety of budget issues. During the interview, Allen mentioned Tuesday’s incident at the House Oversight Committee, where Rep. Patrick McHenry accused Elizabeth Warren of lying to the committee. Here were his thoughts: Geithner […]

To add to Yglesias, the really troubling thing about Mike Huckabee’s support for Israel — and by extension, support from conservative Evangelicals — is that it’s premised in an eschatological narrative that ends with the virtual destruction of all Jewish people.

Eli Steele offers his deep thoughts on our post-racial future: The day will arrive when this interracial generation reaches political consciousness and finds itself at odds with America’s divisive identity politics. Of all Americans, they represent the best opportunity to end these politics and point America back to its tradition of individualism.Identity politics have made […]