Red Ink and Bright Lines: Obama's Budget Placeholder
The president doesn't propose any major reforms and wants higher taxes, but everyone knows the budget is going nowhere anyway.
As Barack Obama contends for a second term in office, two conflicting narratives of his presidency have emerged. Is he a skillful political player and policy visionary—a chess master who always…
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Santorum was the star attraction, but he had a lot of competition from the sideshow at the annual festival of conservative thinking.
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The president doesn't propose any major reforms and wants higher taxes, but everyone knows the budget is going nowhere anyway.
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The Republican nomination battle won't help him like the long 2008 contest helped Barack Obama.
He still thinks the American military can remake the Muslim world -- but lectures about delusions of rational control at home.
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Religion and education explain why, at the state level, the United States is seeing a clear shift to the right.
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The Times traces the former Massachusetts governor's foot-steps from pro-choice to pro-life: In 2002, as a candidate for governor, Mr. Romney filled…
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In a reassuring result for the reeling front-runner, conservatives meeting in Washington -- and across the country -- pick Romney as their standard-bearer.
The governor of New Jersey can afford to blow his top. The current president of the United States cannot
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The state's odd political culture is exemplified by the lengthy contest, which Ron Paul hopes will be his first win when results are announced tonight.
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Santorum and Gingrich also spoke on the second day of the Conservative Political Action Conference, trying to show solidarity with the base.
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Occupiers meet attendees at the conservative gathering, and chaos ensues.
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I think it's worth checking out Noam Scheiber's piece on Obama and end of his "grand compromise" trip. I don't know about other supporters, but I…
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The pressure of being seen through the prism of race
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Attendees at the annual conservative confab who want to take home more than just memories have plenty of ways to accessorize.
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It looks like the Obama administration is pretty much completely caving on the rule forcing religious organizations to provide free contraception…
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