The ailing senator is the last of a generation of Republicans who promoted American global leadership.
Politics
Two Seats for the People in 2021
Democrats need to save the Supreme Court by packing it.
Cut the Charade and Crown the President
A malleable Congress and a quiescent Supreme Court have now fully abdicated their roles as a check on presidential power.
The Red Hen, the Baker, and Refusing Service
Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave a restaurant in Virginia. I think this is a positive good, and I don’t think Masterpiece bakers had the right to refuse a gay couple a cake. There is nothing in the Masterpiece case to indicate that the customers behaved or intended to behave, professionally or personally, in a way… Read more »
Trump’s Refugee Policies Are Disturbing and Inhumane. China’s Are Even Worse.
China is ignoring the scads of international migrants seeking safe-harbor and survival.
It Can Happen Here
Don’t underestimate the depths to which Donald Trump and his enablers will go to punish their political enemies.
Congress Might Finally Start Paying Its Interns
A Senate vote last week was a major step toward opening Hill internships to non-rich kids.
Be Careful What You Wish For: The Unintended Consequences of Electoral Reform
California and Maine show how well-meaning efforts to encourage moderation can undermine political parties.
What Democrats Can Learn from Robert Kennedy’s Politics of Dignity
To lead the country out of the doldrums of Trumpism, liberals need to address the lack of dignity in the lives of too many Americans.
Americans Are Getting the School Shooting Problem All Wrong
The fixation on school shootings ignores the fact that kids are much, much safer at school than they are at home.
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