The center cannot hold

Posted by | 11:38 AM
Economist blogger E.G. wonders why Democrats/liberals are more apologetic and defensive about their beliefs than conservatives: In broad st...

Self-guarding guardians

Posted by | 6:51 PM
Plato (inventor of the plate!) suggested that society's safety and virtue be preserved by a class of powerful "guardians," enl...

Why we run deficits

Posted by | 1:13 PM
Writing in Mother Jones, Kevin Drum notes that liberals have been far more willing to cut the deficit than conservatives over the past 30 y...