The Myth of the Powell Memo
A secret note from a future Supreme Court justice did not give rise to today’s conservative infrastructure. Something more insidious did.
Overthinking Obama
Forget Kenya. The president’s secret political philosophy is apparently rooted in seventeenth-century Rotterdam.
Identity Politics Revisited
By most accounts, economic issues are the real core of politics, and social issues are a distraction. A historian begs to differ.
Michael Sherradden’s Compounding Interest
Two decades ago an obscure academic revolutionized thinking about poverty. Now his insights might just save the middle class.
Done Right
s even the most committed conservatives have begun to recognize the scale of the debacle, foreign and domestic, of the seven years during which they have held unchecked power, they have begun to plot a slick escape from the consequences. “Oh, that?” they will say. “That wasn’t conservatism. That was something completely different.” It started… Read more »
