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It often seems as if conservatives have been fretting about the “decline of the West” for as long as there has been a West to... Read More
little more than six months from now, on November 7, the sun will rise on a political landscape wrecked by President Donald Trump's first... Read More
As you filed your taxes this year, you might have spent some time grumbling. Why does it have to be so complicated? Am I paying too much?... Read More
Do you think that income inequality in the United States is a major problem? How about a "staggering" problem? Recall that our... Read More
The nation's largest cities and metropolitan areas — home to a majority of Democratic voters — are at the forefront of the... Read More
I recently saw a billboard in Milwaukee that asked, “What idea is worth $10,000?” It urged its viewers to watch Channel 12 on... Read More
In 2012, Aileen Rizo learned that a male colleague had been hired to work for the Fresno County Office of Education—but at a much... Read More
A fortnight ago, Viktor Orban and his Fidesz Party won enough seats in the Hungarian parliament to rewrite his country's constitution.To... Read More
A trade war between the United States and China is simmering. Since President Trump's March announcement of planned tariffs for metal... Read More
The naysayers revolting against the executive order President Trump signed this week, seeking to expand work requirements for... Read More
Rex Tillerson's team was fighting again. “So, who's going to go in with him?” Margaret Peterlin, his chief of staff, was saying.... Read More
There are many reasons CIA Director Mike Pompeo should not be secretary of state, but the biggest may be his reckless, dishonest, and... Read More
In their new book, The New Localism, urban experts Bruce Katz and Jeremy Nowak reveal where the real power to create change lies and how... Read More
It is amazing how many of our nation's biggest challenges can be addressed by a simple formula: faster growth more broadly shared. From... Read More
The digital economy is changing work and opportunity in ways not seen since Edison invented the light bulb. And millions of people in America... Read More
The United States has significant fiscal challenges due to population aging. While the finances of all advanced economies are under pressure... Read More
Alvin Felzenberg's new book, “A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr.” gives an enlightening... Read More
This past week, former United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens boldly called for the repeal of the Second Amendment,... Read More
Fellow Nicol Turner-Lee discusses privacy laws in light of the recent Facebook data breach in which Cambridge Analytica collected information... Read More
Economic inequality is complicated and emotional. Conservatives have one set of solutions. Liberals have another. Some groups don't think... Read More
Divestment is moving inland. Over the last several years, cities on both coasts, including Seattle, Minneapolis, and San Francisco have... Read More
Marcia Statz, a school nurse on an island that sits in a portal to the Pacific Ocean, has seen firsthand how geographic challenges and a... Read More
Saul Alinsky taught that “ethical standards must be elastic to stretch with the times.” Fifty years after launching the Free... Read More
Another day, another investigation in search of a crime.“Massachusetts's top court on Friday ordered Exxon Mobil, Inc. to... Read More
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Populism is seen as both bad and good because people disagree about what it represents and intends. In the present age, there are two... Read More
Congress is back from spring break and looking at another six-plus months until the midterms. But in terms of pursuing a serious legislative... Read More
A recent headline in the Washington Post announced that “Airbnb for cars is here. And the rental car giants are not happy.” The... Read More
Obamacare has taken a licking but keeps on ticking. The prospect of repeal died on the Senate floor. Republican efforts to roll it back... Read More
On April 2nd, the Department of Education's supplemental priorities and definitions for certain discretionary grant programs—which... Read More
On Day Three of Larry Kudlow's first week at the White House, the president's new economic adviser did exactly what he was hired to do: go on... Read More
The New York Times has yet another editorial this week berating EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. The paper is on a mission to not only force... Read More
A crucial piece of President Donald Trump's deportation machine is not working the way he wants. He's arresting thousands more undocumented... Read More
What if there were a small business advocacy group that spent its time advocating for policies that hurt small businesses?Such a group... Read More
President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning confirmed the big news from Tuesday night, tweeting, “Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong Un in... Read More
President Donald Trump signed Proclamation 9718 on March 30 to acknowledge April 2018 as Second Chance Month. Unlike an executive order,... Read More
This week's headlines about climate change should be alarming enough to nudge even the most environmentally-unconscious among us to... Read More
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