Progressives miscalculated, thinking that big proposals would change the debate, and closing their minds to the possibility of persuading their political opponents. Biden and Schumer saw the bigger picture.
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Posted inEconomy
Hey, Folks: We’re Not in a Recession
GDP scare headlines are misleading, and other more telling measures reveal a Biden economy that’s still growing.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court’s Originalist Obsession Continues
The Court’s conservative majority is enthralled with originalism, but it’s really a license for Alito, Thomas, and others to trample abortion rights and unleash guns.
Posted inBooks
The Democrats’ Rural Problem
The party can’t prevail unless it gets its rural numbers up, but the problem is more complex than the authors of a new book allow.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Once Again, The Supreme Court Upends a Legal Norm
Last week, five conservative justices—all male—limited the Biden administration’s authority to decide how and when to prosecute immigration cases. It was a blow to prosecutorial discretion.
Posted inHealth Care
Fifty Years After the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Black Health Care Continues to Lag
Since the AP’s landmark exposé on the health study, the gap between Black and white health care continues.
Posted inPolitics
Don’t Run Joe. Second Terms Suck.
A pundit pleads with the president: You’re better off not running.
Posted inPolitics
Tax the Rich, Ditch “No Labels,” and Woo the Working Class
The problem for the Democrats is less wokeness and more the insidious destroyers like Joe Manchin. Fortunately, there is a way forward.
Posted inPolitics
The Case for Bill Clinton’s Economic Record
No, progressives, the former president wasn’t some neoliberal corporatist helping the rich. Clinton delivered the strongest economy of the past half century and helped working families.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Vote by Mail Expands in the East
States in the South and Midwest are making it harder to vote at home. Those in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are making it easier.
