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Cut Defense Spending

We’re breaking the bank. America can’t afford to defend the world any longer.

No-Consequences Government

The financial crisis isn’t just about economics. Since gaining superpower status, we’ve become reckless and arrogant at home and abroad. Americans have lost trust in their government, and for good reason.

Books & Reviews

Wuthering Ike

A review of Ike: An American Hero by Michael Korda.

Big Ideas, Big Problems

Policy decisions suffer when the rational center remains silent and catchphrases take over the debate.

The Cult of Secrecy

Senator Moynihan has expanded his appendix to the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy report into an elegant, quotable, scholarly, and timely book.

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February 12, 2012