Joseph Lawler

President Obama will take reporters’ questions on the debt ceiling negotiations 11 a.m. at the White House before meeting with…

In today’s New York Times, Ross Douthat troubles himself to understand why the Republicans are avoiding giant tax increases in…

  During his press conference on the debt ceiling negotiations today, Barack Obama mentioned that Democrats are not trying to…

…he could have signed onto the plan created by his deficit commission.  Unfortunately, that plan, which would have raised tax…

If you want to read Rep. Paul Ryan channeling Ayn Rand and promoting ruthless anarcho-capitalism, do not read this piece,…

Is it just me, or does this attempted hit piece make tipster and Rutgers business prof. Susan Feinberg look bad, and…

The folks at Planet Money show that looking at broader underemployment makes it hard to see any recovery at all….

President Obama will deliver a statement on the bad jobs report this morning (Lynn Sweet) Illinois is the only state…

There are a number of studies that cast a surprising amount of doubt on the effectiveness of Medicaid in improving…

Greg Mankiw highlights a statistic that shows that the recovery hasn’t been a recovery at all, in terms of the…