There Is Nothing New Under The Sun.

It Would Be Great If Politics Were Fact-based, But It Is Not, And It Is Surely Not Nuance-based. What Works In A Classroom Or A Think Tank Does Not Work On Capitol Hill Or In The White House. Obama Sometimes Seems To Be Running The Brookings Institution, Not The Country.

Cynically But Accurately Put, Americans Oppose Public Intervention Or Regulation If It Helps Others, But Favor It If It Helps Them - Take Social Security, Disaster Relief, Public Works Projects, For Example.

A Lot Of People, Including Business Leaders, Think The Future Belongs To China. Globalization Is Not A Zero-sum Game, But We Need To Hone Our Skills To Stay In Play.

[t]o Argue That Something Is So Because It Is In The Bible Is More Than Intellectually Bankrupt.

Once The Cry And The Cause Of A Generation Of Progressives To Make America Safer, Fairer And Cleaner, 'regulation' Is Now A Dirty Word In Our Politics. Even Democrats Are Quick To Talk About Cutting Regulations; Republicans Hate Them With - How To Put It? - Evangelical Fervor.