Domestic Policy
Center-Right or Center-Left?
MSNBC host Ed Schultze, surveying Tuesday’s election and referendum results, pronounced the United States a “center-left country.” Only an unvarnished partisan could draw that conclusion from the mixed results of an odd/off-year election, but Schultze was undoubtedly pushing back against ...
Read MoreA couple of notes on our political lexicon: “national security” and “entitlements”
The reprieve that ended the government shutdown and forestalled default mandated that Congress come to agreement on a federal budget plan. As Democrats and Republicans grope toward an elusive Grand compromise, two categories of spending are certain to come under ...
Read MoreDeBlasio and the Limits of Change
The first post-primary poll is out, and it looks like a safe assumption that Bill DeBlasio will be our next mayor. DeBlasio led Joe Lhota by 65%-22% in the Wall St Journal/NBC Marist poll. That overwhelming margin will surely narrow, ...
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