Dana Goldstein

The Washington Post reports today on the near-halting of migration to D.C.’s outer ring suburbs. Exurban Loudon County in Virginia, for example, has dropped from the second fastest growing county in the nation to the 20th. Due to the collapse in the housing market, consumers are shying away from the risky mortgages that once fueled […]

As John Dickerson notes at Slate, there is real risk inherent to President Obama‘s strategy of stoking “outrage” over the AIG bonuses — seeming too angry could hurt the administration’s credibility when and if it needs to ask the American people to support another industry bailout. But there is more at stake. As Robert Reich […]

David Frum and Michael Barone are urging the GOP to “go upscale” because of what Frum is calling “Bristol’s myth”: Many conservatives carry in their heads a mental image of American society that’s a generation out of date. They imagine the existence of a huge class of socially conservative downscale voters, ready to vote Republican […]

On Monday night, the 92nd Street Y, the center of Jewish communal life on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, hosted a panel called “Why We Need a Liberal Israel Lobby: What It Means for Israel and American Jews.” The “liberal” speakers were J Street Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami and occasional TAP contributors Michelle Goldberg […]

In the wake of President Obama‘s education speech last week, a few proponents of school vouchers are suggesting that the old sawhorse shouldn’t be left off the reform table. The New York Times is featuring a video op-ed by Pacific Research Institute fellow Lance Izumi promoting Sweden’s voucher program as a model for the United […]

In an interview with the German newsweekly Der Spiegel, Homeland Security czar Janet Napolitano explained her distaste for the word “terror.” SPIEGEL: Madame Secretary, in your first testimony to the US Congress as Homeland Security Secretary you never mentioned the word “terrorism.” Does Islamist terrorism suddenly no longer pose a threat to your country? NAPOLITANO: […]

It is difficult to describe how it feels, as a journalist, to read daily about the state of crisis in the news industry. Today the Hearst Corporation announced that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer will shutter its print edition tomorrow, which currently has a weekday circulation of 117,600. That means the P-I, which is 146-years-old, has become […]

In a somewhat contrite letter to Washington, D.C.’s public school teachers, schools chancellor Michelle Rhee has conceded to pushing too hard, too fast on her many reform initiatives. “In our exuberance to fix everything all at once, we’ve thrown so many different programs at you. Please know that this comes from a desire to support […]

The AP confirms it. So let’s review the lessons Levi Johnston learned this year: 1. Use a condom! 2. Don’t get a girl’s name tattooed on your finger. —Dana Goldstein

The Obama administration has dispatched domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes to make nice with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network. (Brody’s blog, by the way, is a great resource for following issues of faith in public life). The interview focused on choice and reproductive health issues, and while Barnes made a lot of friendly […]