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What’s So Bad About Casual Drug Use?
Most people who try cocaine don’t go on to become addicts
Politicians Really Are Big Babies
Partisanship starts in infancy, but that’s no reason our elected officials can’t outgrow our parochial natures
Game Theorist on Shutdown: “It’s Not Brinkmanship”
Boehner’s ability to end the standoff makes his bargaining power lower, not higher
How the GOP Congress Saved Obama from the Dog House
The former GOP House Majority Leader on why his party hasn’t learned the lessons of the ’95-’96 shutdown
Bob Barr: I Miss Bill Clinton
A veteran of the ’95-’96 government shutdowns writes that President Obama is no Bill Clinton—and the country is the worse for it
Newt Gingrich to House Republicans: “Don’t Cave!”
The former Speaker of the House tells Republicans that giving in will make things worse
Senator Rand Paul: Why I’m Voting No on Syria
If American interests are at stake, then our goal should not be stalemate
Viewpoint: Obama’s Irony is McCain’s Agony
Two political enemies now find themselves on the same side of history
The Cory Booker Problem
The shoo-in candidate for the Senate disappoints those hoping he would be a black leader in the traditional sense and he can no longer coast on diversity
Viewpoint: Washington Is a Gerontocracy
A 20-something can be the CEO of a billion-dollar company but can’t run for the Senate. That doesn’t make sense
When ‘Flex Time’ Means Ripping Off Workers
The Working Families Flexibility Act is actually a business-friendly Trojan horse
Viewpoint: Only Empathy Can Transform the GOP
Republicans are pivoting on issues such as immigration for pragmatic reasons, when what they really need to be able to do is step into an undocumented immigrant’s shoes