THE LIBERAL VIRTUES Stephen Teles T he welfare state and the advocates of “virtue” have few friends in common. Those on the right want to save virtue from the welfare state, while those on the left want to protect the welfare state from the rhetoric of virtue. An exemplar of the latter tendency is James […]
Stephen Teles
Steven M. Teles is assistant professor of politics at Brandeis University and author of Whose Welfare? AFDC and Elite Politics.
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Escape from America’s Prison Policy
C rime is a corrosive force in American society, creating and exacerbating social mistrust, political division, and racial animus. Doing something serious about it ought to count as a major objective, especially for those concerned with the plight of the poor and socially marginalized. The recent drop in crime rates, as welcome as it is, […]
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Can new Labour Dance the Clinton?
F or the first time in 18 years, Britain, barring some cataclysm, will soon elect a left-of-center government. Starting with their name and extending to a wide range of policy and rhetorical stances, Tony Blair’s New Labour Party has much in common with Bill Clinton’s New Democrats. Even before the recent changes in the Democratic […]
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No Deal:
So it has come down to this: The chief executive of the most powerful nation in the world will be determined by nine Supreme Court Justices’ interpretation of the Electoral Count Act of 1887. As I write, it is hard to tell how the Court will decide, but one thing is clear — the injection […]
