There are a lot of things you could say about Bill Clinton. You get the bad and the good with the former president. His legislative achievements, the North American Free Trade Agreement, Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell, and the Defense of Marriage Act were flawed policies when he signed them into law. Even Clinton agrees that DADT […]
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Facts aren’t Ryan’s forte
For weeks, political pundits and journalists — a lot not known for niceties — have treated Paul Ryan’s comments like they were delicate little finger sandwiches. Dan Amira wrote an excellent article for New York Magazine saying that Ryan’s campaign strategy is to ignore the facts and just attack. He’s relying on the public’s ignorance, […]
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Supreme Court upholds Obamacare
Reports from the New York Times, SCOTUSblog, and MSNBC say that the Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote has upheld the Affordable Care Act. The law, which has become known as Obamacare, is President Obama’s signature piece of first-term legislation. The court’s decision appears to interpret the law’s requirement to purchase health insurance as a […]
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‘Something has gone very wrong with America’: Krugman and Wells
For President Obama’s supporters, this is a tense time as they wait for the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act. If the court strikes down the act, or even the individual-mandate portion, it’ll make it that much harder for Obama to win a second term. I still think Obama did the right thing […]
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Bush and Obama and a portrait of class
When I think about five more months of the partisan attacks both presidential candidates will launch and the millions they’ll spend doing it, it’s harder to respect our political system. But there was an unusual moment yesterday that gave me some assurance. President Obama hosted George W. Bush and his family at the White House […]
