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Rep. John Rose (R-TN) attends a House Financial Services Committee organizational meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 30,
2019.
How Republican Rep. John Rose Met His Wife: As the GOP adopts the groomer smear as a go-to tactic to ramp up divisions and smear LGBT Americans, Managing Editor Ryan Cooper and Staff Writer Alex Sammon write, they put their personal behaviors into the public sphere and open for scrutiny.
Summers Watch: In the first of a new series, our co-founder Robert Kuttner tracks the impact of Larry Summers' punditry, and why his recent comments on inflation were so off the mark.
Blame Police When They Fail Horribly: The NYPD bungled their response to a mass shooter — and their incompetence puts us all in danger. Read Managing Editor Ryan Cooper on how we should rethink whether our failed approach to policing keeps anyone safe.
What Common Good?: What exactly is "common ground constitutionalism", and does it explain conservative legal philosophy? Read Micah Schwartzman and Richard Schragger's review of Adrian Vermeule's new book.
Jeff Bezos, Welfare Queen: On the newest episode of our podcast Left Anchor, the hosts discuss Managing Editor Ryan Cooper's book How Are You Going to Pay for That? and how the government protects the assets of the ultra-wealthy with historian Harvey Kaye.
