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• The Henry II Theory of Presidential Responsibility

  Exciting new frontiers in blaming Obama for everything. By Ed Kilgore 06/09/2013

• An All-Renewable Future Is Already Feasible for Australia

  An all-green society, coming soon. By James Wimberley 06/08/2013

• Mortality Among Poorly-educated Women

  Life expectancy falling among our most vulnerable. By Bill Gardner 06/07/2013

• How U.S. Politics Was Hijacked by Partisans

  Power has devolved to the people. And the people hate it. By Ezra Klein 06/05/2013

• The Blind Monkey Theorem, or What Ayn Rand Got Right

  CS Lewis did have a bias against science. By Mark Kleiman 06/04/2013

• The 11 Biggest Conservative Scandal Faceplants

  Right media, repeatedly tripping over its own shoelaces. By Ryan Cooper 06/03/2013

• Paterno Family Sues the NCAA

  Over “coercion and threats.” By Daniel Luzer 06/03/2013

• Why We Let UN Troops Get Slaughtered

  They’re stuck with fourth-rate equipment. By Paul Stephens 06/01/2013

• The Misogynist Public Policy Agenda

  Our new plutocracy means women have to work. By Ed Kilgore 05/31/2013

• What Those Bicep Size and Political Attitudes Papers Are Really About

  By Andrew Gelman 05/31/2013

• Profs in the Cloud

  The perils and promise of online learning. By Richard D. Kahlenberg 05/29/2013

• Revolution for Thee, Not Me

  Online learning will transform the nature of college for everybody—except the affluent. By Daniel Luzer 05/29/2013

• Between a Rock and a Stupid Place

  Cutting off your nose to spite Obama. By Ed Kilgore 05/29/2013

• The Conservative Reformist Movement Is Still on the Policy Launchpad

  By Ryan Cooper 05/28/2013

• The Great Unraveling

  Chronicling America’s not-quite-decline. By Michael O’Donnell 05/27/2013

• ‘Obama Scandals’ Could Actually Hurt Republicans

  The GOP can’t forget a plan for governance. By Ramesh Ponnuru 05/25/2013

• Why Obama’s Scandals Won’t Lead to Reform

  The GOP cares wholly about attacking the president. By Ezra Klein 05/25/2013

• Self-Made Countries

  Why poor nations aren’t prisoners of their history. By Charles Kenny 05/24/2013

• The Year of Living Historically

  What Xiaoping, a Pope, the Ayatollah, and Thatcher had in common. By Jacob Heilbrunn 05/23/2013

• Oregon’s Radical Health Overhaul Blazes New Trail

  They’re headed for universal coverage or bust. By Ezra Klein 05/21/2013