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By Sep 04,2009

Fellow Republicans, support Obama now!

The situation in Afghanistan is bad and getting worse. Young Americans are losing their lives in a war that may soon lose the support of the American people. Fellow Americans,...

By Feb 10,2009

Reagan’s Virtues and Republican Myths

20 years after he left the Oval Office and nearly five years since hey died, two things seem clear: Ronald Reagan’s achievements were greater than seemed possible at the time...

By Sep 13,2008

The Party of Dave

Yglesias: …the notion that it would be okay for high-ranking public officials to have no better understanding of policy issues than does the average person is bizarre. When you get...

By Aug 13,2008

The Education Party

Today’s Republican Party stands in disarray, even as mainstream American liberalism has finally found its own “Ronald Reagan.” It doesn’t seem like a particularly auspicious time for a new book...

By Jul 03,2008

Grand New Party, cont.

After finishing Ross and Reihan’s book, I was struck by the notion that they want to change the Republican party less than American society: restructuring farming; reimagining education; rebuilding (and...