Michael Kazin’s “Obama’s in Good Company: All Presidents End Up Unpopular”
In the New Republic, Michael Kazin looks to the legacies of past presidents to determine how Obama’s presidency will be viewed, at a..
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Philip M. Boffey’s “Will Health Care Reform Survive the Courts?”
Supreme Court decisions are always drenched in historical precedent. Justices look to previous decisions from similar cases to guide their..
David Schenker’s “Five Things Obama Can (and Should) Do to Topple Assad”
In the New Republic, David Schenker looks at the the United States’ options in dealing with President Bashar Assad’s violent..
Andrew McCarthy’s “History, Hardliners, and Humility”
In the National Review, Andrew McCarthy addresses some of the antagonism towards sharia law by pointing to the highly religious history of..
Kristof’s “Our Cowardly Congress”
Addressing the possibility of a government shutdown, Nicholas Kristof writes in the New York Times that the shutdown that stemmed from a..
Krugman’s “The Lesser Depression”
In the New York Times, Paul Krugman evokes lessons from the Great Depression to remind policymakers of the dangers of government inaction..
Kristof’s “Religion and Sex Quiz”
In an op-ed piece in the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof uses data from Jennifer Wright Knust’s book “Unprotected Texts: The..
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