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Simon Johnson, professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of BaselineScenario.com, weighs in on the debate over whether Congress should renew the tax credit for first-time home buyers, warning that special interests may spawn yet another inefficient and costly government program that will be very hard to get rid of. READ MORE >>

Alan Bersin, Obama’s “Border Czar,” rips apart arguments to legalize drugs in the U.S., suggesting that there is much more we can do to educate Americans and crack down on supply: “I wouldn’t concede on this one at all.” Bersin is the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security.   READ MORE >>

Alan Bersin, Obama’s “Border Czar,” rips apart arguments to legalize drugs in the U.S., suggesting that there is much more we can do to educate Americans and crack down on supply: “I wouldn’t concede on this one at all.” Bersin is the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security. Check out the latest on TNRtv: READ MORE >>

Ruy Teixeira, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the Century Foundation, argues that there are few issues in American politics for which there is truly a public consensus, but some of the president’s energy proposals may have achieved just that. Check out the latest on TNRtv: READ MORE >>

Ruy Teixeira, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the Century Foundation, argues that there are few issues in American politics for which there is truly a public consensus, but some of the president’s energy proposals may have achieved just that. Check out the latest on TNRtv: Chait/Foer: Why the GOP Has Gone Loony READ MORE >>

Alan Bersin reveals the Obama administration’s plan to invest more in Mexico’s broken judicial and law enforcement systems once violence is under control. Bersin is the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security. READ MORE >>

Alan Bersin reveals the Obama administration’s plan to invest more in Mexico’s broken judicial and law enforcement systems once violence is under control. Bersin is the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security.   Check out the latest on TNRtv: READ MORE >>

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Simon Johnson, professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of baselinescenario.com, argues that the Obama administration may be doing more to set up future economic fires than they are to put out current ones. READ MORE >>

In the second part of an interview on the Middle East, TNR contributing editor Yossi Klein Halevi argues that both the United States and Israel have taken significant steps towards calming tensions between the two countries, but that Obama's unrealistic aspirations may negate all forms of progress. Check out the latest on TNRtv: READ MORE >>