Netanyahu’s re-election—and the way in which he won it—is but one touchstone of a crisis of the spirit.
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Fear Wins: Israeli Elections, the Morning After
Netanyahu sacrificed Israel’s democratic principles and its relations with the U.S. to win another term as prime minister.
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Chartsplosion: Defense Spending
Republicans are gearing up for a new push to increase military spending, one that will be justified on the basis that America’s military has been “hollowed out,” what with us spending a mere half-trillion dollars a year on wars and preparing for wars. Is there any truth to that argument? To help answer that question, […]
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At National Gathering, Firefighters Not Impressed By Potential GOP Candidates
Ted Cruz elicited more grumbles than laughs with jokes about Hillary Clinton and the IRS. The rest of the Republican presidential field didn’t fare much better.
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Are You Ready for War With Iran? Here’s How It Could Happen
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.