Joseph Lawler

What to watch for: President Obama will travel to Boston; visit a school to tout education policy and a museum…

What to watch for: President Obama will share a stage with former Florida governor Jeb Bush to speak on education…

This morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest jobs numbers. The report contained some encouraging news: the unemployment…

Ross Douthat writes that the Republicans’ apparent new willingness to address spending and entitlement reform represents at least a partial…

A while back I suggested that the price of oil could be a source of unpredictable risk for President Obama…

House budget chief Paul Ryan restated that the Republican Party intends to produce a budget that “shows real leadership on…

On the occasion of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony to the House Committee on Financial Services today, Calculated Risk took a…

What to watch for: Fed chairman Ben Bernanke to deliver the semi-annual monetary policy report to the Senate Banking Committee…

One area, not mentioned in Jim’s post on the GAO study on government waste, in which federal programs overlap each…

Referencing the My Tea Party straw poll, Jeffrey H. Anderson argues that only two politicians would be able to unite…