What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of the Democratic Party. – Thomas Frank
Selling public property is the true Chicago way. Had Mr. Obama not been elected president, the nations business journals would be falling over one another to praise his city for its daring, market-friendly innovations. – Thomas Frank
While Democrats fussed with the details of health care reforms, conservatives spent months telling the nation that the real issue is freedom, that whats on the line is American liberty itself. – Thomas Frank
Former President Bill Clinton, who is widely regarded as a political mastermind, may have sounded like a traditional liberal at the beginning of his term in office. But what ultimately defined his presidency was his amazing pliability on matters of principle. – Thomas Frank