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The Sacrificial Lambs

What the Bergdahl affair tells us about the hidden costs of a decade of war

By Joe Klein

Jim Webb's Spirit

I mentioned Jim Webb briefly in my column about Hillary Clinton’s “inevitability” this week as a potential presidential candidate. He deserves more than that. Webb is a terrific writer, a great war novelist. He is...

By Joe Klein

The Myth of Inevitability

Nothing is certain for Hillary Clinton in 2016

By Joe Klein

The Next VA Secretary

Eric Shinseki’s long and troubled tenure as Secretary of Veterans Affairs has come to an end. He left, apologizing for the mess he allowed to fester. This is a sad moment for an honorable man,...

By Joe Klein

Obama's West Point Speech Was a Snoozefest

And he will be criticized for that. There was nothing “new” in his address to the West Point graduates, some will say. Others–neo-conservatives and blood curmudgeons like John McCain– will say that it was a...

By Joe Klein

VA Chief Eric Shinseki (Still) Must Go

The VA is broken. It’s past time to fix this shameful bureaucratic tragedy

By Joe Klein

California's New Jungle Primary System

All bets are off in California's congressional races as multiple candidates from the same party face off

By Joe Klein

Matt Miller's Truth Campaign

I’ve hesitated writing about my friend Matt Miller’s Congressional campaign in California’s infamous 33rd District on the west side of Los Angeles because, well, he’s a longtime wonk-friend of mine. His candidacy is probably a...

By Joe Klein

American Legion Agrees: Shinseki Should Go

More than a year ago, I wrote a column calling for Retired 4-star General Eric Raymond Shinseki to step aside as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, given the utter mess in that department. James Koutz, the...

By Joe Klein

Jewish Organization Acts in an Un-Jewish Fashion

Over 5000 years of history, we Jews have demonstrated a remarkable talent for survival, the promulgation of morality and justice, tolerance of others, terrible cuisine and an almost protozoan genius for subdividing ourselves. Thus, there...

By Joe Klein

Sterling and Bundy Are a History Lesson in Racism

Correction appended, April 28Here’s my favorite part of the Jeremiad that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling allegedly unleashed upon his (former) girlfriend. He was speaking about his players: I support them and give them...

By Joe Klein

The Return of Mediscare

In Arkansas, Democrats dust off an old tactic in order to retain control of the U.S. Senate

By Joe Klein

Obamacare Disaster!

I just love it when I see neoconservatives pushing story angles like this one: a new study from Express Scripts, the large pharmacy benefits-managing company, reveals something else that ought to depress those liberals throwing...

By Joe Klein

Why Obama Hit Pause

An Iran deal may be possible. Getting Israelis and Palestinians to make peace may not be

By Joe Klein

Obamacare: Mend it, Don’t End it

The Affordable Care Act has problems. But the GOP campaign to junk it is now finished

By Joe Klein

The Charge of the Neo-Conservative Light Brigade

Bill Kristol cries Obama Retreat! yet again. Kiev is ablaze. Syria is a killing field. The Iranian mullahs aren’t giving up their nuclear weapons capability, and other regimes in the Middle East are preparing to...

By Joe Klein

Obamacare: Economic Boon?

Duncan Black makes an argument that liberals haven’t emphasized nearly enough about the Affordable Care Act: that it could well be a shot in the arm for the economy.It is, in truth, a conservative argument–a...

By Joe Klein

The Hillary Papers Are a Whole Lot of Nothing

The dirt unearthed in the Diane Blair papers wasn't much of anything, except for a rehash of the faux scandal-plagued years of the Clinton White House. And most importantly, it won't dull her political chances in the 2016 race, writes Joe Klein

By Joe Klein

Academic Farcedom

The American Studies Association wants to boycott Israel…and us to pay for it.I have a degree in American Studies–actually, it’s in American Civilization, which sounds far grander but really is the same thing. And so...

By Joe Klein

You, the People

Obama urges Congress to quit bickering and just get the job done. Like the rest of us do

By Joe Klein
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