1. death and taxes
    Obama to Propose Tax Hike on Wealthiest AmericansAnother State of the Union spoiler. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  2. the national interest
    It Would Be Nice If True Conservatives Were Empiricists, But Let’s Face ItSome historical Real Talk.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. 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
  4. GOP to Nominate 2016 Candiate One Month EarlierMore money, less primary craziness.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. 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
  7. the national interest
    How Campbell Brown Became a Hate FigureThoughts on a great profile.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. the national interest
    I Refuse to Believe Romney ’16 Is RealJoin the Romney Campaign Truthers.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. oh congress!
    GOP Congressman Wishes Obama Were More Like HitlerThe president just can’t win.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. 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
  14. jesus christie
    Politicians Mock Chris Christie After His Beloved Cowboys LoseIncluding Paul Ryan and Scott Walker.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. the obama history project
    History Will Eviscerate ObamaHe will go down as America’s Gorbachev.
    By Christopher Caldwell
  18. 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
  19. the national interest
    Charlie Hebdo Point-Missers Miss PointWhat about white-on-Muslim crime?
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. 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
  21. early and often
    Obama Plan Would Make Community College FreeIt already has some bipartisan support.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. the national interest
    Charlie Hebdo and the Right to Commit BlasphemyA clarifying event for confused Western liberals.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. the national interest
    Harvard, Obamacare, and the Conservative Information BubbleThat Times story means the opposite of what they think.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. early and often
    Mike Huckabee Quits Fox News to Explore 2016 RunAnd/or boost book sales.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. mario cuomo
    From the Archives: Remembering Mario Cuomo’s First 4,000 Days in OfficeThis 1994 New York cover story looks back on the late governor’s term in office, before he lost his bid for re-election.
    By Jacob Weisberg
  33. the city politic
    Mario Cuomo, 1932–2015The former governor of New York died today. Chris Smith remembers his career.
    By Chris Smith
  34. Crime Has Changed. The NYPD Should Change, Too. The current post–Eric Garner, post-Ramos-and-Liu debate about the nature of crime represents a regression from larger trends.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  35. the city politic
    For de Blasio and the NYPD, Mere Boos Are ProgressThe mayor’s efforts to lower the volume in his standoff with the NYPD may be working. 
    By Chris Smith
  36. politics
    Bernie Sanders for President?Why not try a real socialist for a change.
    By Mark Jacobson
  37. bill de blasio’s new york
    Cops Turn Backs on Mayor During Ramos’s FuneralMeanwhile, Vice-President Biden and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton tried to ease the tension.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  38. the city politic
    De Blasio and Bratton’s Critical RelationshipThe tragedy in Bed-Stuy highlighted the high-wire act that came to define de Blasio’s first year in City Hall.
    By Chris Smith
  39. early and often
    Next Battle Between Obama and Congress May Focus on Guantánamo BayThe president plans to make an aggressive push to transfer more detainees.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  40. international affairs
    Obama Says Sony Hack Wasn’t an ‘Act of War’“I think it was an act of cybervandalism.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  41. the national interest
    Defending American Culture From Kim Jong Un Is a Job for Washington, Not SonyHow to think about an absurd but serious threat.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. international affairs
    Praise, Outrage From Congress on Cuba DealThe response varied within the two parties.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. the national interest
    Torture, Russia, and Conservative Dictator-EnvyThe right longs for an American strongman.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. politics
    U.S. Finally Gets a New Surgeon General, Despite the NRA’s ObjectionsTed Cruz unintentionally helped the Senate confirm Dr. Vivek Murthy.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. 2016
    Jeb Bush Announces He Will ‘Actively Explore’ a Presidential RunUshering in a new phase in 2016 speculation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. early and often
    Unlikely Question of the Day: Is Elizabeth Warren Essentially Ted Cruz?Not really, but we’ll probably keep hearing that comparison.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. the national interest
    Ted Cruz’s Jew-centric Blueprint for Victory in 2016A time for Jews-ing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. the national interest
    Dick Cheney’s 6-Step Torture DenialA detailed breakdown of how the Dark Lord defends the indefensible.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. politics
    Dick Cheney Simply Does Not Care That the CIA Tortured Innocent People“I have no problem as long as we achieve our objective.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  50. the national interest
    Why Do Republicans Defend Torture? The allegation that the Bush administration used torture had gone from outrageous smear to tired news without ever having passed through the stage of acceptable topic of discussion.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. politics
    Bachmann to Obama at Christmas Party: Bomb IranThe outgoing representative gave Obama her two cents at the White House Christmas party.
    By Jessica Roy
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