If 2016 lands a Republican in the White House, with a Republican Congress behind him, the war will be all but begun.
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Republicans Return To Tax Cut Fantasyland
You see, Sean, when a billionaire takes a crap in a solid gold toilet, that creates economic rainbow sparkles that shower down on the working poor. It’s good for everybody. (Flickr/Gage Skidmore) One surprising thing about the campaign Mitt Romney ran in 2012 was that cutting taxes, a theme you might have expected from someone […]
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Republicans Hankering for Ground War Against ISIS. What Could Go Wrong?
We’re going to hear more and more Republican politicians coming out for a re-invasion of Iraq. And how ’bout a strike on Iran while we’re at it?
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Can Liberal Democracy Survive?
America is becoming more like the illiberal pseudo-democracies and kleptocracies.
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Markets, States, and the Green Transition
To get renewable energy technologies into broad use, government needs to promote both supply and demand. Markets are too risk-averse.
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How to Sabotage Iran Negotiations in the Name of Avoiding War
Israel and AIPAC are using Congress to push their own agenda of increasing sanctions on Iran and reducing presidential authority.
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Netanyahu’s Campaign Road Show Comes to Washington
The Israeli prime minister didn’t offer an Iran policy to Congress. He offered dread and overconfidence to Israel voters.
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CPAC: Is Carly Fiorina the GOP’s Anti-Hillary?
Will the former CEO be the designated nemesis to the presumed Democratic presidential candidate? The optics couldn’t be better.
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He Whose Name Shall Not Be Written
Israel’s prime minister is the main issue in the upcoming election. That’s just what he wants.
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National Security and the 2016 Election
Arriving in the era of the so-called Islamic State, the next presidential contest will focus on foreign policy. And only one candidate so far has any experience.