The pending sale of a historic federal building by Trump could mean the wrecking ball for the “Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art.”
Franklin Roosevelt
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Escalates His War on Independent Regulatory Agencies
Trump Escalates His War on Independent Regulatory Agencies: His February executive order and the firing of a labor relations board member are the latest moves in a multi-decade right-wing campaign to legitimate an authoritarian presidency.
Posted inPolitics
Kamala Harris Should Pledge to Appoint a Republican to Her Cabinet
Kamala Harris Should Pledge to Appoint a Republican to Her Cabinet. Committing to a bipartisan cabinet would help broaden her political coalition without making additional policy concessions.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Empirical Case for Supreme Court Term Limits
The Empirical Case for Supreme Court Term Limits. After much anticipation, President Biden has announced his support for term limits. We’ve studied the issue carefully and believe it can go a long way toward improving the Court.
Posted inCharlie Peters
Charlie Peters Was Always About Hope
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on his friend and mentor, the founder of this magazine, who died on Thanksgiving Day at 96.
Posted inPolitics
Don’t Run Joe. Second Terms Suck.
A pundit pleads with the president: You’re better off not running.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Democrats Can Keep the House in 2022. Really.
Next year, promises to be tough but House Democrats can beat the usual trends of losing enough seats to hand the majority to the Republicans.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
The Cost of Freedom
Freedoms of worship, speech, and assembly–all are under threat but the United States has always been willing to pay the price.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Difference Between a Real President and a Reality-TV One
Eight years ago last Saturday–September 23, 2009–President Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly. Portions of that speech are quite eerie, as though Obama somehow anticipated that the President who followed him would likely be someone who openly scorned the UN. Consider this passage: Franklin Roosevelt, who died before he could see his vision for […]
