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Conor Friedersdorf is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs. He lives in Venice, California, and is the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, a newsletter devoted to exceptional nonfiction.
The practical case against prohibition is overwhelming, and the moral case for it is myopic and deeply misguided More »
At least 9,000 public employees earn almost double the median income every year of their retirement More »
On Gov. Rick Perry's orders, the GOP is redrawing Congressional districts and targeting the liberal enclave of Austin More »
Lawmakers oppose a ground presence, but GOP leaders block Kucinich's attempt to end the war altogether. How long can they keep it up? More »
In a White House run, it ought to be disqualifying to withhold answers on critical national security matters More »
To advance her husband's political career, she sacrificed her own at key steps along the way More »
Neither Barack Obama nor his Republican challengers have a strategy for victory and peace More »
The agency is $15 billion in debt, and its inability to lay off workers hints at a problem that may be the left's undoing More »
Nobody would have elected Nancy Reagan president, but Hillary Clinton seemed more qualified in 2008 than some Republicans now running More »
Legislators who buy stock somehow manage to earn a much higher return on their investments than the rest of us More »
If the former Alaska governor runs, Ronald Reagan's admonition, "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican" will not survive More »
Video of his fiery speech batting back at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid More »
