The next president will face critical challenges, but Mitt Romney has offered no clear vision of America’s role in the world. What can we learn from his team of advisers?
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Mitt Romney, Servant of the Right
Those who believe the former Massachusetts governor would become a moderate once in office are wrong.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Keyboard Jihadist?
The government 
prosecuted Tarek Mehanna because of what he wrote online 
in a case that raises fundamental questions about
 First Amendment rights in post-9/11 America.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Death and Life of Detroit
Neighborhood groups are bringing the blighted city back, one block at a time. Will City Hall stand in their way?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Man the Banks Fear Most
Wall Street’s gone largely unpunished for its role in 
wrecking the economy—until New York Attorney General 
Eric Schneiderman came along.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Don’t Blame “Corporate Personhood”
Citizens United decimated what remained of campaign-finance reform, but the damage has been long in the making.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Age of Double Standards
American Airlines can declare bankruptcy and wipe away debt. But you can’t—and that’s just the beginning.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Wolves to the Slaughter
The reintroduction of the gray wolf to the Northern Rockies was an ecological success story—until big money, old superstitions, and politics got in the way.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Six Portraits of Mitt
Just how rich is the Republican presidential candidate?
Posted inAmerica and the World
How to Contain a Nuclear Iran
Regime change is a pipe dream. Is there a way to keep peace in Tehran without it?
