Genes, family history and shifting demographics explain why another Bush may run in 2016
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Viewpoint: Obama’s Nuke Proposal is Unilateral and Risky
Viewpoint: The Real Proof of Citizenship
In the immigration reform debate, we talk about pathways to citizenship, but we almost never discuss the destination of those pathways
Edward Snowden: A Modern-Day Daniel Ellsberg, Except for One Key Difference
It’s still unclear whether the NSA’s spying was actually illegal
Response to Revelations of NSA’s Data Collection Program: From Denial to Nonchalance
As the nation comes to grip with the news that the National Security Agency has engaged in various surveillance programs that capture and catalog information like phone call records and the Internet data, reactions have ranged from near denials to outrage to nonchalance.
Companies who have been named in secret documents as having been …
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
Michelle Obama and the Delusion of Hecklers
Ellen Sturtz’s outburst showed a sense of entitlement that echoes some of the most resentful critics of the President himself
David Westin: Leaks Help Protect National Security
There are very few examples of the press putting the country in harm’s way, and many more where the country would have been better served if journalists had gotten more of the story
What People Really Think About Working Moms
Beneath that Pew study we all heard about this week lies a telling critique: people disapprove of moms who work if their child care is bad
‘We’re the Government, Its Worst Face,’ David Foster Wallace on the IRS
In his unfinished novel, ‘The Pale King,’ David Foster Wallace describes the humdrum lives of several IRS examiners, while simultaneously showcasing the absurdity of bureaucracy
DOJ’s Dragnet on Leakers: The Apathy is Troubling, Especially Among Journalists
The revelation that the Department of Justice targeted Associated Press reporters highlights features of contemporary American life
Liberals Should Worry About the IRS Scandal
Anyone who cares about democracy should be disturbed that “respect the Constitution” now sounds Republican
Did Political Spin Hide the Truth of Benghazi?
Of course it did. Welcome to Washington.