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Republicans will be emboldened going into the fiscal-cliff fight.
December 31, 2012
Kill This Deal
Why Congress should kill the fiscal-cliff deal.
December 28, 2012
Over the Cliff? A Better Deal Would Be Worth the Wait
Worry less about when a "fiscal cliff" deal comes and more about what it entails.
December 28, 2012
The Fiscal Cliff Is Just an Early Battle in a War Dems Will Win
Conservatives who see the fiscal-cliff fight as the welfare state's last stand are sorely mistaken.
December 21, 2012
Inside the NRA's Zany Press Conference
TV viewers saw a single rambling man at a podium. But at the NRA's disastrous press conference about Newtown, there was so much more crazy on display.
December 21, 2012
Why Is Ben Bernanke The Only Man in Washington Who Cares About Jobs?
JARED BERNSTEIN, a Washington wonk and former economic adviser to Joe Biden, recently posed an interesting question. Why is it, Bernstein asked on his blog, that the only part of the government acting with any urgency to ease joblessness—the economic problem affecting the greatest number of Americans—is the unelected Federal Reserve? Bernstein was referring to Chairman Ben Bernanke’s announcement that the Fed would keep interest rates close to zero as long as unemployment remained above 6.5 percent.
December 21, 2012
Plan B Dies, Prepare to Go Over the Cliff
Obama's hand looks better by the day.
December 21, 2012
Lincoln in Hollywood, from Griffith to Spielberg
Spielberg's film ought to put an end to the Lost Cause mythology.
December 20, 2012
Susan Rice Isn’t Going Quietly
BY THE TIME Susan Rice withdrew her name from the running for secretary of state earlier this month, she had emerged in the media as one of Washington’s most nefarious personalities.
December 20, 2012
In Fiscal Talks, It's Groundhog Day
Yes, the House Republican caucus is still crazy.
