Mickey Kaus has a blog post up ripping the New York Times’s headline, “Older, Suburban and Struggling, ‘New Poor’ Startle the Census.” As Kaus points out with characteristic snarkiness, the Census Bureau wasn’t startled by its findings that there are … read more
David Broder, the longtime Washington Post reporter and columnist, died at age 81 today. The Washington Post, where he worked since 1965, has an obituary that recounts the high points of his long career. He grew up in Chicago Heights, … read more
In his New York Times Economix blog, Princeton University economics professor Uwe Reinhardt takes issue with my article “The Return of the Jeffersonian Vision and the Rejection of Progressivism.” Reinhardt disagrees with my conclusion that we are once again “a … read more
On the Monday before this Fourth of July, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a concurring opinion in McDonald v. Chicago, the case ruling that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms applies to the states. Unlike his … read more
Walter Slocombe writes the following about my piece on differences between political parties in Britain and the United States: No doubt these big policy issues have an effect, but the analysis ignores an important practical difference between the formal structure … read more
