News in Brief Will Republicans Pay a Price for the Government Shutdown? Or will the majority of voters have moved on to other issues by the time we reach the mid-term elections? Seth Masket
News in Brief Should Republicans Still Fear the Tea Party? Does a grassroots political movement that is still relatively young have the power to keep someone out of the White House? Seth Masket
Economics The Failings of the IRS Go Far Beyond Targeting Conservative Groups What’s the good news that might come out of the current IRS scandal? It might rip the veil off of entities that, since the Citizens United decision, wrap themselves in the protective layer of the IRS code only to operate in the shadows. Jessica A. Levinson