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July 1, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Real Problem With GOP’s “Hillary Is Old News” Strategy
July 1, 2013
John B. Judis
Study the Moonbeam, Obama
California once had radical dead-end Republicans, too. In the end, they lost.
July 1, 2013
Nate Cohn
Winning Numbers
Two pieces of data that explain Obama's second term
July 1, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Why Obama Should Embrace the IRS Scandal
... and pray Max Baucus helps him
July 1, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
Four Ways Obama Needs to Control His Spooks
June 28, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Why Did Democrats Cede So Much Ground on the IRS "Scandal"?
June 24, 2013
Tod Lindberg
The NSA Scandal Was Good for Obama
While no one was watching, the snooping story muscled all those other controversies out of the way
June 14, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
The American Left Turns Away from Syria's Agony
May 29, 2013
Jonathan Alter
Obama's Choke Revisited
What his first debate tells us about his troubled second term
May 13, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Real Scandal Behind the IRS Controversy
It wasn't the agency's targeting of conservative groups, but which of those groups it targeted
May 8, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Obama's Timidity on Syria: Lessons from a Fiasco
April 23, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Gun-Vote Backlash Has Only Just Begun
April 18, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Fatal Fatalism
Stop making excuses for senators. Start blaming them.
April 18, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Obama Crosses His Own Red Line
The president turns a blind eye to Syria's use of chemical weapons
April 12, 2013
Tod Lindberg
In Defense of Polarizing Politicians
What Margaret Thatcher could teach Obama-era pundits
March 28, 2013
Ahmed Rashid
Afghanistan After the War
Is peace possible?
March 14, 2013
William Galston
Say Yes to the Pipeline—and New Green Regulations
Why triangulation is the answer on Keystone
March 12, 2013
Bethlehem Shoals
The Era of Basketball Diplomacy
Why Dennis Rodman's trip to North Korea was no fluke
March 1, 2013
William Galston
The Ongoing and Hugely Risky Bailout of the Housing Market
Why the next housing crisis could be worse than the last one
February 25, 2013
Siddhartha Mahanta
How the GOP Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ICC
Did the hunt for Kony convince Republicans to finally embrace international justice?

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