Obamacare Is A Political Nightmare That’s Not Going Anywhere. Here’s A Solution
Some conservatives are unwilling to accept the status quo. They are pushing back against congressional inertia and conservative fatalism as they urge Congress to roll back the Obamacare regime.
Red And Blue Americans Listen To Each Other With Better Angels, And It’s Wonderful
Better Angels sets up ‘red-blue workshops’ in which an equal number of conservative and progressive adults talk about their differences within a structured format.
6 Revelations From ‘The Swamp’ Documentary That Show Just How Dirty DC Is
Four million people have watched the first three episodes of this documentary series on Facebook. It confirms flyover Americans’ suspicions about Congress making itself comfortable while ignoring the country’s needs.
A Miracle Hit DC When A Gunman Opened Fire On Republican Members Of Congress
Political life is just like baseball: When the game ends, it breaks your heart.
Report: Social Security And Medicare Will Bankrupt America Faster Than We Thought
The trustees who oversee Social Security issued their latest report on the financial health of it and Medicaid, and it is not good.
7 Strategies For Building Relationships Outside Your Political Tribe
Given how polarized our nation has become, it’s important that we see each other as people, rather than mortal enemies in perpetual political combat.
Anthony Bourdain Showed Us How To Bond Over Food. We Should Take His Lesson To Heart
There is something humanizing about putting aside differences, if only for a moment, to discuss how good biscuits taste.
Why President Trump Should Listen To Kim Kardashian About America’s Draconian Drug Punishments
Alice Marie Johnson is one of 3,278 people serving a life sentence without parole despite their offense being nonviolent.
NPR’s Mara Liasson Talks Media, Baby Boomers, Midterms, And 2020
NPR’s Mara Liasson joins Ben Domenech on The Federalist Radio Hour to discuss political parties, changes in radio, and a potential Joe Biden candidacy.
4 Things You Need To Know About The Latest Bipartisan DACA ‘Fix’
A bizarre exception allowing convicted felons to remain in the country is just one reason this is a dangerously flawed bill.
If The Left Really Cared About Income Inequality, They’d Support Privatizing Social Security
Republicans ought to embrace the moral arguments about reducing inequality to make a fresh case for limited government on Social Security.
Democrats’ Sudden Concern For Gas Prices Is A Dodge To Hide Their Anti-Wallet Policies
Either high gas prices are necessary to slow climate change or high energy prices hurt poor families the most and depress our economy. Pick one.
The Right Is Wasting Ammo On Friendly Fire When It Should Be Building Infrastructure
While the self-labeled remnant challenges conservatives to live up to a higher standard, others counter that we should leverage unified Republican government to secure policy wins.
The Obama Legacy Deserves To Be Destroyed
It’s strange that a president who transformed national discourse left America with a negligible policy legacy. But Barack Obama deserves it.
Paul Ryan Shares Responsibility For Republicans’ Obamacare Failure
At the end of 2016, I thought Paul Ryan had a plan, and that achieving consensus on a plan would prove the tough part. But Ryan didn’t even have a plan.
How Paul Ryan Went From Young Gun To Gone
Ryan was the most important Republican in Washington from 2009 to 2016. He now seems like a throwback from a bygone era.
Americans Didn’t Elect GOP Majorities To Live Like Democrats Are In Charge
On the omnibus, on the Second Amendment, on border safety—almost every issue—the GOP continues to betray the American people.
The Next Big Republican Spending Bill Is Packed With Liberal Priorities
Conservatives are in the position of having to fight like hell for their priorities to be included, only to be publicly shamed for ‘obstructing’ the process when they do.
Paul Ryan Flip-Flops On Fiscal Responsibility To Prop Up Obamacare
After decrying Obamacare as ‘full of gimmicks and smoke-and-mirrors’ in 2010, Ryan is now using budget gimmicks to bail out the law.
Did Hatch Call The Wrong Party ‘Stupid’ Over Obamacare?
The Republican Obamacare strategy does seem like a ‘stupid’ approach for several reasons. First, it does not repeal Obamacare.
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