Yaroslav Shramko (KNU): Is Time Reversible? Ezra Klein on a theory of how American politics is changing. Sarah Mirk on four things the government should defund instead of Planned Parenthood. Elaine Kamarck on why Speaker Boehner can't govern: Primaries, parties, privacy, and pork. Paul Krugman on the Blackmail Caucus, a.k.a. the Republican Party. Carly Fiorina abuses the truth just like a teenage conservative hoaxer. Jeb’s donors are losing patience with his flagging performance. Ryan Cooper on why the GOP is the true party of “free stuff”. Our George Wallace: Donald Trump is a scaremonger — and he’s bringing the most hateful strains of American politics back to life. When America was “great”, taxes were high, unions were strong, and government was big: Ester Bloom on how the bygone nation Donald Trump’s supporters yearn for looks awfully liberal, at least in terms of economic policy. Why are you reading Keats but not Barry Cornwall, Austen but not Mary Brunton? Carlin Romano on how literary fame happens.
