Kevin Mahnken
The New Republic
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It’s Shaping Up to Be a Horrific Election Season for Republican Women
Trump’s reelection is coinciding with trends that might leave the GOP with its least gender-balanced legislature in years. → Read More
The Democrats’ Future Depends on D.C. Statehood
Voters in the District and Puerto Rico deserve representation, and the party’s ambitions just might depend on it. → Read More
A political era died this month — and few people noticed
John Anderson was the last of the liberal Republicans. → Read More
In 2016, every week is School Choice Week
If it isn’t already clear, let the Fordham Institute be the first one to state it outright: National School Choice Week 2016 has been a smashing success. The foundational principle of our movement—that every family deserves access to varied and excellent education options—has been expounded by an array of stirring speakers. Students and teachers have stood together in passionate defense of the… → Read More
Trump's rise, civic education's fall
It’s said that failure is an orphan, but success has a thousand fathers. If that’s true, what conspiracy of malefactors do we have to thank for the oafish presidential candidacy of Donald Trump? Even as he continuously fails the tests of maturity, credibility, and good taste, the second-generation merchant landlord has proceeded from strength to strength in Republican primary polls (as he’ll be… → Read More
Stop Being Petty, Bruce Springsteen. Let Republicans Play Your Music.
Liberal rock stars shouldn't allow politics to polarize our music, too. → Read More
Orrin Hatch Is Third in Line to the Presidency!
It's time to amend the Constitution. → Read More
What Hillary Clinton's Potential Opponents Are Thinking
A breakdown of Hillary Clinton's potential primary opponents. → Read More
US Senators, where are they now?
The job of United States senator, though not without its perks and prestige, is a rawer deal than it may seem. Its main responsibilities involve petty humiliations and untelevised subcommittee hearings, and unless you possess the magnetism of a John F. Kennedy or a Barack Obama, you don’t even get to be president. No wonder, then, that so many senators cash in when they depart Congress. While some… → Read More
Scott Brown May Win His Senate Race, But President? Please.
The former Massachusetts senator has all but declared his Senate candidacy—and hinted he yearns for higher office. → Read More
Smartest Congressman Up for Grabs After Rush Holt Retires
Candidates to succeed Rep. Rush Holt—the Jeopardy champ and PhD in nuclear physics—atop the House of Nerds → Read More
Red States' Legally Dubious Strategy to Destroy Obamacare
In states with dreadful health outcomes, they're spending a lot of energy trying to keep people from signing up for health care → Read More
Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Michael Imperioli: Booze-ad gentlemen
Does every liquor really need its own "gentleman" spokesman? → Read More
And the Award for Worst Awards Show in the World Goes to...
It's time to end the Kennedy Center Honors. → Read More
Go Ahead: Be a Carpetbagger!
Scott Brown Is Getting Ready to Run in New Hampshire—And Take On American Politics' Most Fatuous Tradition → Read More
Four Frightening Charts About America's Struggling Lower-Middle Class
The people the pols praise are having trouble making ends meet. → Read More
Obama and Sebelius Still Can’t Decide Whether Healthcare.gov Is Ready
The only question is when the administration will decide to toss her. → Read More
The Ten Baddest Elizabeth Warren Clips Out There
As chronicled in Noam Scheiber's cover story this week, Elizabeth Warren's unapologetic populism and → Read More