Joshua Green

Joshua Green is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.

Let's Stop Paying Congress If We Default

Let's Stop Paying Congress If We Default

A new measure would ensure that the pain of default is felt in the Capitol More »

Can You Bring a Goat Into an Apple Store?

Can You Bring a Goat Into an Apple Store?

Comedian Mark Malkoff poses the timeless question and discovers that, yes, you can bring a goat into an Apple Store without incident More »

Palin Filmmaker Spreads His Bets to Bachmann

Palin Filmmaker Spreads His Bets to Bachmann

Before Sarah Palin, Steve Bannon made a movie about Michele Bachmann. Could it push her over the top in Iowa? More »

State of Disunion: Obama vs. Boehner

State of Disunion: Obama vs. Boehner

The president turned in the better performance -- but still wound up the loser More »

Abolish the Debt Ceiling

Abolish the Debt Ceiling

It's a harmful anachronism. More »

The Democrats Cave

The Democrats Cave

Harry Reid's latest proposal meets the Republicans' demands -- and they'll still ask for more More »

The Incumbent-Protection Plan

The Incumbent-Protection Plan

If President Obama strikes a major debt deal, it will reshape the contours of the 2012 election at every level More »

The Reluctant Partisan

The Reluctant Partisan

President Obama may regard himself as a uniter, but if he can't strike a grand bargain on the debt ceiling he may decide to prompt a showdown over taxes More »

House Physician Affirms Bachmann's Health

House Physician Affirms Bachmann's Health

After question were raised about her incapacitating migraines, her campaign has provided a bill of health More »

How to Think About the 'Gang of 6' Hype

How to Think About the 'Gang of 6' Hype

It doesn't solve the debt-ceiling problem -- and in may not solve the tax- or entitlement-reform problems, either. More »

The Christian Cure for Bachmann's Headaches

The Christian Cure for Bachmann's Headaches

"I had acute migrainess and blurred vision, but praise the Lord, that was my lucky day!' More »

Michele Bachmann's Migraines and the History of Presidential Ailments

Michele Bachmann's Migraines and the History of Presidential Ailments

A new story claims that the GOP frontrunner in Iowa ingests powerful medication to treat headaches. If elected president, she'd be in good company. More »

So How'd That Sarah Palin Movie End Up Doing?

So How'd That Sarah Palin Movie End Up Doing?

Depends who you ask. The filmmaker called the opening "strong." But our expert says it's actually pretty weak. More »

Herman Cain's Big Mistake

Herman Cain's Big Mistake

He's known for demonizing Muslims, not for the one thing that distinguishes him from Republican rivals: his early opposition to universal health care More »

Is Peter Orszag Going Rogue on the Debt Ceiling?

Is Peter Orszag Going Rogue on the Debt Ceiling?

Some Republicans think Obama's former budget director is echoing their doubts about default. Orszag says otherwise. More »

The Best Ron Paul TV Ad of All

The Best Ron Paul TV Ad of All

On the occasion of the GOP presidential hopeful's first 2012 commercial, a look back at a classic one More »

The Boehner Illusion

The Boehner Illusion

The tea party uprising that stopped a debt deal -- and John Boehner -- showed where the real power lies with Republicans More »

Michele Bachmann's Church Says the Pope Is the Antichrist

Michele Bachmann's Church Says the Pope Is the Antichrist

The Iowa front-runner for the GOP nomination was a longstanding member of a strict Lutheran synod with controversial views of Catholicism More »

Did Republicans Blink Too Soon?

Did Republicans Blink Too Soon?

Mitch McConnell's plan would let Democrats raise the debt limit. But had he forced a showdown, Republicans might have won. More »

The Wisdom of McConnell's Debt-Ceiling Plan

The Wisdom of McConnell's Debt-Ceiling Plan

It may look like a lousy deal for Republicans, but it isn't that bad. More »

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The Tragedy of Sarah Palin

From the moment Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech electrified the Republican convention, she…

The Iowa Caucus Kingmaker

Bob Vander Plaats offers GOP candidates a choice: join his crusade against gay marriage or lose the…

Herman Cain, the GOP Wild Card

The former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza wants to upend the race for the 2012 Republican…