In 1945, the average age in the Senate was fifty-nine. Today, it’s sixty-two. As our democracy becomes a gerontocracy, it raises all sorts of policy challenges. But for speechwriters, it raises a unique one. Over the course of the Senate’s history, 299 sitting senators have died in office—one death every nine months. That’s a lot […]
Government
Posted inEconomy, Government, Magazine, November/December 2013
The 2013 Opportunity Index
How well is your state helping you succeed?
Posted inGovernment, July/August 2013, Magazine
Will Predatory Lenders Get Fat on Immigration Reform?
If immigration reform passes, immigrants will potentially be forced to navigate a landscape filled not only with un-scrupulous legal advisers but with predatory financial service providers as well. That’s because any final legislation will likely include requirements that undocumented immigrants pay stiff penalties and back taxes before they can get legal status. The Senate’s Gang […]
Posted inBooks, Economy, Government, Magazine
Mob of Democrats
Egypt isn’t the only country where elected leaders are being ousted in the name of democracy.
Posted inEconomy, Government, July/August 2013, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
Estates of Mind
The answer to America’s techno-malaise is to force big corporations to compete more. And to open their patent vaults.
Posted inBooks, Government, July/August 2013, Magazine
What Dr. King Didn’t Say
Misremembering the March on Washington.
Posted inBooks, Government, July/August 2013, Magazine, Politics
The Life of the Mayor-for-Life
Richard M. Daley may not have been the smartest guy in the room. But he knew how to run Chicago.
Posted inGovernment, July/August 2013, Magazine
Dreamers Deferred
The Obama administration is trying to help immigrant students brought here illegally as kids get into college. GOP-controlled states have other ideas.
Posted inGovernment, Magazine, May/June 2013, Politics
Should Martin O’Malley Be President?
The governor of Maryland is a long shot for the White House—and the best manager in government today.
Posted inGovernment, Magazine, May/June 2013
Beauty Tips for the FDA
Did my wife’s cosmetics give her breast cancer?
