Joshua Green
Joshua Green is an editor at The Washington Monthly and a former staff writer at The American Prospect.
The Democrats’ Illegal Alien Problem
You could be forgiven for not knowing that Linda Chavez, George W. Bush’s appointment for labor secretary, is a fierce opponent of a minimum wage hike. Or that she opposes affirmative action. Or that she supports school vouchers. Or that she once served as the president of a group called U.S. English, which lobbied to […]
Black Death
In early April, a group of prominent African-American businessmen led by Black Entertainment Television mogul Robert Johnson ran a full-page advertisement in The New York Times and The Washington Post calling for an end to the estate tax. What was notable about the ads wasn’t their message — the movement to repeal the estate tax […]
Meet Mr. Death
Somebody once told me, åJim, we ought to call you Mr. Death,’” Jim Martin tells me proudly. “I’ll have you know, I don’t mind that appellation.” These days, Mr. Death has reason to crow. Martin credits himself with coining the term “death tax” in 1993 as a usefully derisive nickname for the estate tax. As […]
Lies, Damn Lies, and Bush’s Statistics
“The American people are paying the highest taxes during peacetime in history,” Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey declared last week, arguing for Bush’s tax cut plan. Many Republicans have parroted the line, but none has explained it. If Armey had bothered to characterize his claim, he would have said that taxes as a share […]
The Business of Being Small:
On Monday, Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill kicked off national “Small Business Week” by issuing a press release that claimed George W. Bush’s proposal to cut the top income tax rate would benefit not only super rich folks, but more than three quarters of all small business owners as well. “Do you know who benefits from […]
Bargaining Chip
I n his continuing effort to cater to swing voters, George W. Bush is venturing ever further onto Democratic turf. For example, his campaign touts the governor’s support for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), intended to help working families who make too much for Medicaid but too little to afford private health insurance. “When […]
Gerrymandering for Position in 2002
When Indiana Democrat Tim Roemer announced recently that he would retire from the House of Representatives at the end of this session of Congress, the officially cited reason was that he wanted to spend more time with his family. That’s no doubt true. But it is surely also the case that Roemer didn’t want to […]
Supreme Court Dispatch:
The U.S. Supreme Court did not allow cameras in the courtroom, but they were definitely allowed outside. So as the lawyers wrangled inside, protesters staged made-for-TV-protests outside. For the first time in at least a week, this morning’s mob outside the Supreme Court roughly resembled the mob vote on Election Day — it was equally […]
Second Thoughts on the Death Penalty
Republican Governor George Ryan of Illinois made national news last month by announcing that he would halt executions until properly satisfied that “everyone sentenced to death in Illinois is truly guilty.” His concern isn’t difficult to understand. Since Illinois reinstated the death penalty in 1977, more death row inmates have been exonerated (13) than executed […]
