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Israel has looked the other way as its military and government have gradually become more radical, and it may be too late to go back.

To see where the parties are headed, look to the youngest members of Congress.

We need regulations to address risk in every layer of the system, from the loan or bond, to the bank, to the very structure of the global financial industry.

When Obama selected his Cabinet, he caused a fair bit of upheaval in his nominees’ home states.

Conservatives are already fired up about Obama’s judicial nominations. Is the White House prepared for the fight?

Managing and balancing risk in the future is an organic human problem, a political problem, and a problem of power. The question is how to remedy the fact that some players have the power to shift risks and to use the political process for insurance, while others do not.

The basic underlying principle of the New Deal was that security is not opposed to opportunity but essential to it.

From the earliest days of the republic, government at all levels has actively intervened to regulate and reallocate risk.

We’re just now learning how dangerous it is that the sources of finance for homeowners and their neighborhoods have no real connection to those people and places.

Everything Americans thought they knew about risk was wrong. Now what? To restore real prosperity, we’ll need to get smarter about what we don’t know.