The Minimum Wage Shows Why (and How) We Should Vote Today
For today is Election Day, and on this day, we will elect 36 governors. This is no time to stay home when the polling places are open. This is a time to choose leaders who will act where Washington has not.
How Obama Cut the Deficit in Half -- and Made Us Pay the Price
Barack Obama deserves credit for delivering on his promise to shrink the deficit -- a promise that Mitt Romney and his tax cuts would surely have violated -- but Americans have to ask themselves whether they really want a smaller government.
Geography: The Latest Front in the Class War
We talk a lot about the partisan divide in this country, but we don't talk enough about the geographic divide. The citizens who feel the greatest disconnect from collective institutions are often the ones who live farthest away from them.