This Year's Fight Over Taxing the Middle Class—and the Rich
Our 100-year fight over tax rates has taken some surprising twists and turns since the income tax went universal under FDR.… More »
Linda Killian is a Washington journalist and a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Her book The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents was published in January 2012 by St. Martin's Press.
Our 100-year fight over tax rates has taken some surprising twists and turns since the income tax went universal under FDR.… More »
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The ranks of voters disgusted with both parties has swelled to historic size and could be the deciding factor in contests this fall.… More »
Despite his impressive win in South Carolina, the former speaker has too many flaws to make it to the White House.… More »
In announcing his retirement, the 30-year lawmaker offered lessons on how politics has changed -- and how we got where we are today… More »
The way the Supercommittee was set up to fail demonstrates why public disgust with Congress is rightfully at a high point… More »
The former speaker's rise in the polls means nothing, thanks to his temperament and long and tangled political and personal history… More »
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