Alex Pareene

@pareene

Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and other moderates claim they Get Things Done—but not because they actually do get things done.

It shouldn’t take a pandemic to clarify what is at stake in politics.

The South Carolina debate was more like a buyers’ showroom than a public service.

They think she’ll be easier to beat in the general election—and some Democrats agree. New research suggests otherwise.

He never hid his callous indifference to civil liberties; too many people just didn't care.

Why our foreign policymakers can’t quit interventionism

The decidedly Trumpian nonprofit behind the Iowa app debacle

Maybe they'll win one for a change.

The ominous approval ratings of Larry Hogan, the corrupt Republican governor of Maryland

Glenn Kessler and his ilk aren't sticking to the facts. They're promoting a moderate dogma.

It was the death of hope by a thousand tiny technocratic "nudges."

Democrats need to face up to their constitutional duty without fear.

Democratic Party elders are making plans.

Deadspin and Splinter were only the most recent victims of a culling that began many years ago.

America deserves answers, not closure.

Independent journalism fits uncomfortably with mainstream think tank politics.

The former congressman wants to jump from conservative firebrand to respectable cable news presence. There's a model for exactly how to do it.

It's not the "newspaper of record." It's a rag for the East Coast rich.

It's easy to see why he's attacking politicians of color. Why are Beltway pundits so blind to it?

The sinister influence on the Senate majority leader is not the Kremlin, but a Republican Party that seeks to keep certain Americans from voting.