1. politics
    ‘Trashy’ Women at Fox News Offend Mike Huckabee’s Delicate SensibilitiesA real lady doesn’t drop F-bombs at work.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. politics
    Gay Alabama Legislator Threatens to Out Adulterous ColleaguesAfter they speak out against gay marriage.
    By Katie Zavadski
  3. the national interest
    Not a Very P.C. Thing to SayHow the language police are perverting liberalism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. the national interest
    Not a Very P.C. Thing to SayHow the language police are perverting liberalism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. the national interest
    Not a Very P.C. Thing to SayHow the language police are perverting liberalism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. the national interest
    Repealing Obamacare Would Be Extremely ImmoralYour not-very-tricky ethical dilemmas, answered.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. oh albany!
    Report: Sheldon Silver to Step Down As Assembly SpeakerHe’ll let five Assembly Democrats take the reins.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. politics
    Obama Won’t Meet With Israeli PM During March VisitBut not because he’s spurning Israel.
    By Katie Zavadski
  10. the city politic
    Tallying the Damage From Sheldon Silver’s ArrestThe effects are enormous and already rippling through Albany and the state.
    By Chris Smith
  11. the national interest
    Why Climate-Science Denialism Should Disqualify Anyone From Holding OfficeLast night’s insane climate vote was really important.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. 2016
    Bush and Romney to Meet This Week, Decide Who Gets to Run for PresidentProbably by making their families compete “in sport.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. hillary watch
    Hillary Unveils Terrible Putin ImpressionIt’s almost as bad as Bill’s take on Bono.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. politics
    Israeli Prime Minister Plans to Visit Congress House Speaker John Boehner invited Benjamin Netanyahu on his own.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  15. early and often
    Instead of One Awkward SOTU Response, GOP Offers 5Though it’s hard to see why anyone would want to film one.
    By Marin Cogan
  16. early and often
    What You Missed in the 2015 State of the Union A lot of congressional shaming and presidential sass.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Abraham Riesman
  17. Alleged Columbia Rapist ‘Dismayed and Disappointed’ by Accuser’s SOTU InvitationEmma Sulkowicz, who has been carrying a mattress in protest, was invited by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
    By Katie Van Syckle
  18. Bobby Jindal Shares Early Entry for Stupidest SOTU TweetWe’re pretty sure he knows how to spell you’re.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. early and awkward
    Saving Seats for the State of the UnionIt’s not allowed. But members of Congress do it anyway.
    By Marin Cogan
  20. What We Know About the 2015 State of the Union Way more than usual, thanks to the president’s “spoilers” tour.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. namaste
    The Congressman on a Quest to Make America More ZenDemocratic Representative Tim Ryan’s legislative agenda is all about promoting mindfulness. Will it work in Washington? 
    By Marin Cogan
  22. death and taxes
    Obama to Propose Tax Hike on Wealthiest AmericansAnother State of the Union spoiler. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  23. the national interest
    It Would Be Nice If True Conservatives Were Empiricists, But Let’s Face ItSome historical Real Talk.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. early and often
    Ben Carson: ISIS, Founding Fathers Have Something in CommonThey’re both “willing to die for what they believed in.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. GOP to Nominate 2016 Candiate One Month EarlierMore money, less primary craziness.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. this is your brain on fox news
    Rudy Giuliani: Why Isn’t Obama Leading an Islamic Reform Movement?The president won’t challenge “radical Islamic terrorism,” for some reason.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. the national interest
    How Campbell Brown Became a Hate FigureThoughts on a great profile.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. education
    How Campbell Brown Became the Most Controversial Woman in School ReformShe’s managed to make a lot of enemies, thanks to her new mission.
    By Vanessa Grigoriadis
  29. education
    How Campbell Brown Became the Most Controversial Woman in School ReformThe ex–news anchor has managed to make a lot of enemies, thanks to her new mission.
    By Vanessa Grigoriadis
  30. early and often
    A Guide to 2016 Candidates Trash-Talking Each OtherCruz called Romney the “mushy middle,” Walker poked Christie, and Paul is going after everybody.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. the national interest
    I Refuse to Believe Romney ’16 Is RealJoin the Romney Campaign Truthers.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. oh congress!
    GOP Congressman Wishes Obama Were More Like HitlerThe president just can’t win.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. the national interest
    Obama and the Unfairness of HistoryWe talk about historical vindication as if history is always right. What if it’s not?
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. jesus christie
    Politicians Mock Chris Christie After His Beloved Cowboys LoseIncluding Paul Ryan and Scott Walker.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. politics
    Rick Santorum Attacks Fellow 2016 Candidates in Effort to Remind Us He ExistsA week after declaring he’d run as a uniter.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. the obama history project
    53 Historians Weigh In on Barack Obama’s LegacyWhat will the historical verdict be after the news cycles are over?
    By The Editors
  37. the obama history project
    History Will Eviscerate ObamaHe will go down as America’s Gorbachev.
    By Christopher Caldwell
  38. the obama history project
    Why History Will Be Very Kind to ObamaAnd if it’s not, it will be for a highly ironic reason.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. the national interest
    Charlie Hebdo Point-Missers Miss PointWhat about white-on-Muslim crime?
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. the national interest
    The Transformed Politics of Post-Recession AmericaWhat do Republicans say when they can no longer say Obama has destroyed America?
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. early and often
    Obama Plan Would Make Community College FreeIt already has some bipartisan support.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. the national interest
    Charlie Hebdo and the Right to Commit BlasphemyA clarifying event for confused Western liberals.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. Why the Republican Congress’s First Act Was to Declare War on MathBudget nerds stood between them and their cherished tax cuts.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. oh congress!
    A History of Conservative Revolts Against John BoehnerTuesday’s narrow reelection is just the latest humiliation he’s suffered as speaker.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. equal rites
    In Gay-Marriage Shift, Jeb Bush Says We Must ‘Respect the Rule of Law’Yesterday he thought states, not the judges, should decide the issue.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. the national interest
    Harvard, Obamacare, and the Conservative Information BubbleThat Times story means the opposite of what they think.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. early and often
    Mike Huckabee Quits Fox News to Explore 2016 RunAnd/or boost book sales.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. The Story of Mario Cuomo, As Told by New York MagazineRead six classic pieces on Cuomo from the archives, plus two stories by Cuomo himself.
    By Chris Smith
  49. mario cuomo
    From the Archives: Mario Cuomo’s All-Star Family FeudWhen his father-in-law died and left an estate worth at least $5 million, Cuomo’s wife challenged the will and her older brother’s role as executor.
    By Peter Blauner
  50. mario cuomo
    Imagined Conversation: Mario Cuomo and the DevilThe late governor’s fictional 1990 encounter with Satan, when he considered running in the ‘92 presidential race.
    By Joe Klein
  51. mario cuomo
    From the Archives: Mario Cuomo and Those Mob RumorsWhen Mario Cuomo said he wasn’t running for president in 1988, some people thought that he had something to hide.
    By Nicholas Pileggi
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