What HBO's Girls can teach Obama and Romney
May 16, 2012, at 6:20 PMThe buzzy new show about twenty-somethings struggling with life and love in New York City isn't overtly political. But it still holds plenty of political lessons
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Dana Liebelson
Edward Morrissey
Ron Paul's true endgame
May 15, 2012, at 9:30 AMIt's not about convention antics or party platforms. It's about seizing the machinery of state GOPs nationwide
Robert Shrum
Obama's gay-marriage endorsement is a moral and political win
May 10, 2012, at 9:40 PMPundits are eager to pontificate on how supporting same-sex marriage will cost Obama in November. They couldn't be more wrong
Daniel Larison
Why America shouldn't panic over Putin
May 10, 2012, at 6:10 PMRussia's strong-willed leader is back for a third term as president. And as long as Mitt Romney cools the "number one geopolitical foe" talk, we'll be just fine
Paul Brandus
What the Chen Guangcheng debacle reveals about Obama
May 8, 2012, at 10:40 AMThe president surely knows that protecting a threatened Chinese activist is the right thing to do. But sadly, it seems he lacks the resolve to truly follow through
Bill Frist
How Facebook is reinventing organ donation
May 8, 2012, at 6:27 AMThousands of Americans die each year waiting for heart, lung, and kidney transplants that never materialize. Mark Zuckerberg is intent on changing that
Edward Morrissey
Joe Biden's calculated ploy to suck up to gay marriage advocates
May 7, 2012, at 5:30 PMPundits are racing to cast the vice president's embrace of gay marriage as a gaffe. But make no mistake: It was a deliberate political gambit
Robert Shrum
The GOP lost the European elections
May 7, 2012, at 12:15 PMIn France and Greece, voters reject ill-conceived austerity measures. Budget-slashing Republicans in the U.S. ought to pay attention
Dana Liebelson
How to avoid another GSA boondoggle
May 4, 2012, at 6:25 AMWhen a federal agency can get away with using taxpayer money to pay for a Vegas clown, it's time to rethink how we uncover waste, fraud, and abuse
Edward Morrissey
Obama's laughable inability to look forward
May 2, 2012, at 12:53 PMThe president's re-election campaign settles on "Forward" as its 2012 slogan. And yet, all Obama does is harp on the past
Yunte Huang
A student debt crisis that cannot be ignored
April 30, 2012, at 8:00 AMMitt Romney talks about the country's student-loan problem as if it barely merits fixing — probably because he doesn't know what it means to owe
Edward Morrissey
Jan Brewer for VP?
April 24, 2012, at 5:35 PMThe media is obsessed with a handsome Latino senator from Florida. It's time we paid attention to a combative conservative warrior in Arizona, too
Bill Frist
5 reasons deficit hawks should lay off global health initiatives
April 24, 2012, at 7:10 AMAmerica's national debt is ballooning at a worryingly rapid pace. But some programs ought to be spared the chopping block
Paul Brandus
The many misconceptions of Mitt Romney's veepstakes
April 23, 2012, at 6:30 AMThe punditocracy assumes Mitt will surely pick a No. 2 who can deliver a swing state. Don't bet on it
Robert Shrum
Mitt Romney is the Dorian Gray of 2012
April 19, 2012, at 6:35 AMThe presumed GOP nominee would like to keep the true portrait of his character stashed away while he Etch A Sketches a new public persona. Too late, Mitt
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