Two wings of the Republican Party engaged in political combat on Wednesday, June 25th over an important question of regulation of the financial sector of our economy. The result was about as one-sided as it could be -- the social/religious conservatives who believe that the main function of government should...

By historical standards -- or any other -- the Democrats have an excellent set of presidential candidates from which to choose this season, and I look forward to campaigning enthusiastically and without reservation for our nominee. But this does not mean that we should be suppressing the discussion of differences,...

Being in the legislative minority is easy - pulling together to block bad things does not require a lot of agonizing over tough decisions. Being in the majority is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, we have the ability to move forward in a positive way on important public...

David Sirota recently posted some misrepresentations of my economic viewpoint. I should note that Mr. Sirota did not attempt to get in touch with me--either to speak with me about my ideas, or to get a fuller representation of them--and instead relied on referencing one quote from a newspaper....

Karl Rove's dishonest attack on liberals was not simply a random political shot, but rather part of an effort to resuscitate the discredited claim that the war in Iraq was a response to 9/11. Where liberals have disagreed with this Administration has not been in response to 9/11, but with...