Heads Krugman Wins, Tails ‘Austerity’ Loses

Jobless rates haven’t borne out the Nobel-winning economist’s fears, but he still knows he’s right.

Rand Paul’s Risks

From drugs to drones to immigration, reforming the GOP demands creativity—and maybe contradictions.

The Spiritual Crisis of the Bourgeois Bohemians

What if greater lifestyle choice and consumerism means more inequality?

Community or Leviathan?

E.J. Dionne overlooks the ways in which centralized government undermines communities.

Spycraft in Moscow

The wigs may seem silly, but Moscow’s exposure of CIA espionage is serious business.

Reagan, Hawk or Dove?

His foreign policy wasn’t what you think—and may not matter today.

That’s Right: Chris Christie Is a ‘Good Conservative Republican’

The notion that he’s some kind of squish is rooted in self-defeating partisan tribalism.

The Bystander President

What the AP, IRS, and Benghazi scandals have in common: Obama’s “indolence, indifference and incompetence.”

Bipartisan Predators

Opponents of big government will need to face down Republicans as well as Democrats.

The Left vs. the Liberal Media

Media Lens debunks the BBC’s humanitarian interventionists

‘Good Guys’ Make Bad Generals

How poor leadership loses wars for the U.S. military

The Repository

What is The Repository?
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The Republic of Baseball

We are players or spectators of other sports, but citizens of baseball.

TAC CLASSICS

007′s Masculine Mystique

James Bond is more than a glamorous womanizer.