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Chris Danello

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The Obama Doctrine

The extent to which Obama’s efforts add up to a coherent “doctrine” remains an open question

The State of Higher Education in America

In May 1892, The Atlantic Monthly published an article of clear concern to the magazine’s readership: transformative changes in the admissions requirements for Harvard...

The United States Federal Budget

The U.S. federal government is by far the largest single entity in the world. As of fiscal year 2009, its expenditures of $3.6 trillion...

Financial Highlights

Receipts Personal Income Tax Since the passage of the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913, the personal income tax has provided the federal government’s single largest source...

Cash for a Clunker

Underpowered and oversold, ARRA hasn’t stimulated much

Scary News of the Day

From the Economist via Bloomberg, the most worrisome news I read today. The gist of the story: China’s banking regulator told lenders last month to...

The Relative Value of Valor

The New York Times Magazine has a fantastic article about the puzzle of the paucity of valor awards--those medals given for high acts of...

Religion in America?

America has long had a complex, almost schizophrenic attitude towards religion.

Jobs Bill, Cloture, Kabuki

So the Senate passed a jobs bill today by a vote of 70-28. In policy terms, this isn't big news. The CBO estimates the bill...

Regulating an Industry Without Really Trying

Boring is best in financial reform