Containment
Containing the Islamist Revolution by Ephraim Sneh. When politicians are in election mode, they can see nothing but victory. All decisions, all considerations, are subservient to one question: how they can convince voters to check their name at the ballot [...]
Acceptable
Atheist Acceptability on the Rise in America by David Niose. The good news for nonbelievers is that, for the first time ever, more than half the American population would vote for a qualified, open atheist for president. A recent Gallup [...]
Genius
The Political Genius of John Roberts by Ezra Klein. After Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes deftly beat back Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s court-packing proposal, FDR said, with grudging admiration, that Hughes was the best politician in the country. “That was hardly [...]
New Power
An Unpersuasive Majority Ruling on Obamacare by Ilya Somin. Today’s 5-4 Supreme Court decision upholding the individual health insurance mandate shows that the Supreme Court takes constitutional limits on federal power seriously – but not seriously enough. As a result, [...]