There are certain ledes that you just don’t want to see in your news feed. SIMFEROPOL, CRIMEA — No one has any idea what President Vladimir Putin will do after Crimea votes on Sunday to join Russia. But if bankers...
Read MoreI’m of three minds about the controversy surrounding Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) recent comments about the work ethic of men living in our inner cities. Taken in isolation, the comments were deeply stereotypical and...
Read MoreProf. Jackson Lears has an excellent review of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s new book in The New Republic. The book, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, is a treatment of...
Read MoreJackson Lears’ review of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s new book about Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, and the Progressive Era is harsh and thrilling at the same time. This is history we need to be studying. And it looks like...
Read MoreUnlike the man in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall who famously forgot his mantra, the Republican Party drones on about small businesses being the engine of growth with no hint that they will ever forget their lines and go off...
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