Wanted: Obama-Boehner Midterm Debates
If President Obama has any sense, he'll do more than go to Ohio on Wednesday and give a speech about the economy. More ›
Obama’s Moral Cowardice
Barack Obama’s redecoration of the Oval Office includes a nice personal touch: a carpet ringed with favorite quotations from Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, both Presidents Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King Jr. More ›
We Should Leave Social Security Alone
If you put everything on the table to balance the budget—health care, the tax code, military spending, farm subsidies, etc.—then raising the retirement age or otherwise cutting Social Security stops looking so good. More ›
BP Threatens to Cut Aid to Spill Victims if Not Allowed to Drill
In what could be a new low at BP, the company said it may not be able to pay for the damages from the Deepwater Horizon if Congress prohibits it from drilling offshore. More ›
Will Feminists Rally Around Sarah Palin?
Vanity Fair’s profile of the ex-governor reminds us that even when it seems we’ve accepted that a woman can have a job and still love her children, some people still think it’s fair to judge a female public figure on the basis of what kind of parent—and wife—she is. More ›
Who's the Next Christina Romer?
In a speech Wednesday, Christina Romer, who will leave her position as President Obama’s top economic adviser Friday, lamented that the recession has proved so hard to understand. Whoever inherits her position may feel the same sense of helplessness. More ›
