Behind the red state-blue state divide
To understand America's regional politics, we need to look beyond the cable news explanations of race and gender
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012 12:00 PM UTC 52News Media Criticism, 2012 Elections
Michael Lind
News Media Criticism, 2012 Elections
What if all sides are wrong about taxes?
From the Keynesian left to the Friedman right, no one on today's political spectrum has a viable economic plan
Tuesday, Mar 6, 2012 3:43 PM UTC 203Politics Taxes
An insider’s guide to the great manufacturing debate
Two economic visions compete for the future of the American economy
Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 5:10 PM UTC 21News U.S. Economy, Christine Romer
The right’s lost causes
From the culture war to foreign policy, conservatives have been defeated on every front
Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012 1:00 PM UTC 63Politics Republican Party
Who’s afraid of industrial policy?
Government support of industry is the American tradition
Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 12:00 PM UTC 22News Government
How conservatives lie about government
From Social Security hysteria to "Obamacare" madness, right-wing propaganda is increasingly divorced from reality
Tuesday, Jan 24, 2012 1:00 PM UTC 127News Republican Party
Why do the Republicans nominate blue bloods?
The potent combination of Jacksonian populism and old money oligarchy
Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 8:00 PM UTC 109Politics 2012 Elections, Populism
Obama’s revolution in American strategy
So much for “World War III” and “the Long War”
Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012 12:00 PM UTC 19News Pentagon
Race, liberty and Ron Paul
The libertarian standard bearer trashes the Civil Rights Act
Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 493Politics 2012 Elections, Ron Paul
The age of turboparalysis
The world faces years of ineffective rebellion and enduring recession
Tuesday, Dec 27, 2011 12:00 PM UTC 107News U.S. Economy
Hitchens, gossip columnist of genius
The famed atheist and Vanity Fair writer was more concerned with self-promotion than actual ideas
Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 1:00 PM UTC 168News Christopher Hitchens
Is it time to embrace environmental change?
Some scientist believe we've already created a new geological epoch -- and it may not be a bad thing
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 1:00 PM UTC 82Life Global Warming, Environment
The Roosevelt Obama should embrace
Tuesday's speech will invite comparisons to Teddy, but FDR is the one whose legacy Democrats need to reclaim
Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011 12:00 PM UTC 19Politics Barack Obama, American History
Why China and Mexico matter
America's future depends on its relations with these two nations
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 12:00 PM UTCNews Foreign policy, Mexico, China
The red state model is (also) broken
Liberal enclaves face an economic crisis, but federally subsidized conservative areas are just as unsustainable
Tuesday, Nov 22, 2011 12:00 PM UTC 54News Great Recession
America needs more powerful bureaucrats
No one wants another Hoover, but we should remember that career public servants built this nation's infrastructure
Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011 1:00 PM UTC 16News Great Recession
How the rich rig the system
From low capital gains taxes to stock buy-backs, here are the ways the elites ensure the markets benefit them
Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011 12:00 PM UTC 50Politics U.S. Economy, Too Big to Fail
How FDR created today’s Republican Party
Former Democrats like Rick Perry dominate the GOP. The breakdown of the New Deal coalition explains why
Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 12:15 PM UTC 18Politics American History
Iraq war: Mission failed
The political, economic and moral implications of this military disaster could haunt us for years to come
Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011 11:00 AM UTC 91News Iraq war, Foreign policy
Occupation and realignment
How a real leftist movement could create a new center in American politics
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 11:00 AM UTC 46Politics Occupy Wall Street
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Michael Lind is the author of Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States and co-founder of the New America Foundation.
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