Free college is not so much a populist idea as an elitist one.
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Posted inFeatured, Politics
Could Germany’s Past Be America’s Future?
What happened to interwar Germany may provide a looking glass into what is now befalling America.
Posted inBooks, Featured
Make Congress Great Again
Now more than ever, the country needs a resurgent Congress to counterbalance the president.
Posted inCollege Guide, Magazine, Main, September/October 2017
Has D.C. Teacher Reform Been Successful?
A debate.
Posted inBooks, College Guide, Featured, Magazine, September/October 2017
The Health Care Debate We’re Not Having
Two new books show how access to health care is only part of the problem.
Posted inBooks, College Guide, Featured, Magazine, September/October 2017
What Your Country Should Do for You
A new, post-Clinton repudiation of the politics of personal responsibility, though elegant, may still not convince skeptical voters.
Posted inBooks, College Guide, Magazine, Main, September/October 2017
Identity Crisis
Liberalism needs a broader collective vision to break free of its captivity to the political interests of narrow groups.
Posted inBooks, College Guide, Featured, Magazine, September/October 2017
What Would Donald Do?
How evangelical Christians got to the point where they could embrace a Hugh Hefner–like president.
Posted inMain, Political Animal
What Lilla Gets Right and Wrong About Identity Politics
He identified only one layer on which the construct of racism has been built.
Posted inMain, Political Animal
Trump is Making a Shutdown and Default More Likely
The president doesn’t understand how serious his September failures will be.
