In shuttering Yucca Mountain, Obama makes it extremely likely that nuclear power in the United States will continue its long, slow, and extremely welcome death. Timothy Noah continuedeathextremely Change image and share on social
The federal government does not trample in jackboots those with whom it does business. It wraps them in cotton batting and, when they express ingratitude, apologizes profusely. Timothy Noah apologizebatbusiness Change image and share on social
It's no surprise that Mitt Romney bent himself into a pretzel to disavow the portions of Obamacare that derive from his own reform in Massachusetts. Timothy Noah bendderivedisavow Change image and share on social
If we were to compile a list of the ways in which the United States has made both itself and the wider world a better place, then at or very near the top would be its commitment to universal education. Timothy Noah commitmentcompileeducation share on social
The Pentagon got fed up with its recruits getting ripped off by payday lenders and in 2007 got Congress to make it illegal to extend such loans to members of the military. But civilians remain fair game. Timothy Noah civiliancongressextend share on social
The gulf between Virginia and Maryland isn't only a function of geography. It's also sociological. Indeed, it's probably not much of an exaggeration to say that Maryland suburbanites and Virginia suburbanites constitute two mutually hostile tribes. Timothy Noah constituteexaggerationfunction share on social
Right now, as I'm typing this, some liberal somewhere is saying something unforgivable about Michelle Bachmann or Ann Coulter. I condemn you, whoever you are! But I'm not going to conduct a house-to-house search to find you. Timothy Noah annbachmanncondemn share on social
A thriving middle class is a necessary precondition for a free representative government. Timothy Noah classfreegovernment Change image and share on social
If the Pentagon truly confined itself to providing defense, then presumably we wouldn't need a whole separate government agency to provide 'Homeland Security.' Timothy Noah agencyconfinedefense Change image and share on social
