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June 17, 2013
Julia Ioffe
President Rand Paul
Watch out, he's becoming a better politician every day
May 30, 2013
John B. Judis
Documented Flaws
The immigration bill's disturbing fine print
May 29, 2013
Jim Newell
Michele Bachmann Wasn't Funny. She Was Awful.
May 6, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
"She Had an Abortion": A History of a Political Smear
Elizabeth Colbert Busch isn't the first female candidate to face the insinuation
April 23, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
The Nicest Thing You Can Say About Max Baucus
The Montana senator is everything wrong with politics—but he made ObamaCare possible
April 5, 2013
Nate Cohn
A Democratic Landslide in 2014? Unlikely
But don't blame gerrymandering
March 22, 2013
Timothy Noah
Political Science in the Crosshairs
Republicans defund academic studies whose lessons they don't want to learn
March 20, 2013
Nate Cohn
Mark Sanford's Political Comeback Is Shaping Up Nicely
March 19, 2013
Timothy Noah
Harry Reid Reaps What He Sowed
The failure to reform the filibuster is already taking a toll
March 7, 2013
Adam Winkler
Is the Filibuster Unconstitutional?
The Founding Fathers might not approve of today's Senate
February 25, 2013
Ilan Greenberg
The Race to Replace Jesse Jr.
The election is all about guns. Except when it's not.
February 24, 2013
Robert Draper
The Future Mr. Speaker
Chris Van Hollen has the talent to run the House. If he ever gets his chance.
February 11, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
Courting Disaster
A new idea to limit drone strikes could actually legitimize them
February 7, 2013
Tim Starks
Unmanned Oversight
How Congress whiffed on drones
January 24, 2013
Liaquat Ahamed
Timothy Geithner on Populism, Paul Ryan, and His Legacy
January 22, 2013
Timothy Noah
The Filibuster and "The Fermata"
January 20, 2013
Julia Ioffe
Inaugural Party Hopping: Californian Politicians Predicting Oscars Edition
January 19, 2013
Rochelle Gurstein
After Sandy Hook: How to Contemplate Politics Post-Tragedy
January 18, 2013
Timothy Noah
The Kick-the-Can Cliche Has Been Kicked Around for Decades
January 17, 2013
Molly Redden
Have Family Dinners Prepared Teddy Turner to Be a Politician?

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