This is from Mark Lilla, "The Tea Party Jacobins," in The New York Review of Books. I'm not sure Lilla is right about the cultural trends. But if he is, this is good news indeed...
Voters’ judgment on Tuesday is likely to be cruel, says Tunku Varadarajan. But angry Republicans’ mutiny against wussy incumbents on primary day will help them beat the Democrats come November...
Bubbles in prices of stocks, houses, or other assets are usually defined to mean sizable and somewhat prolonged deviations in these prices from the fundamental determinants of the prices...
The euro's continued decline throughout last week (see chart) shows that this set-back was not only a harbinger, but also the first in sequence of negative market reactions...
China seems oblivious to these warnings and refuses to crash. Instead, it grows at sustained high levels, doubling national output every 7-8 years, quadrupling in 14-15 years, and so on...
In state after state, as campaigns ramp up for this year's congressional elections, voter anger threatens to capsize the careers of lawmakers previously considered untouchable...
Conservative lawyers and academics are voicing support for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, praise that could soften criticism from the right and provide cover for any Republican senators inclined to vote for her nomination...
