Newt Gingrich calls for a doubling of the budget for the National Institutes of Health.
Robert David Sullivan
Robert David Sullivan is the production editor at America magazine. From 2013 to 2016 he wrote a political column called (Un)Conventional Wisdom.
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Put Tsarnaev to death for consciously choosing terrorism, argues prosecution
Jurors must not use the defendant’s ethnicity or religious beliefs against him.
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State tax burden shifts from high-income households to everyday shoppers
Soak the rich, the sinful, the spendthrifts or the tourists
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Libertarian winces at treating welfare recipients like children
Keeping welfare recipients away from nail salons does nothing to foster independence.
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Don’t blame the working poor for their low wages
Taxpayers should shift anger from person using food stamps at Walmart to Walmart itself
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Will Hillary Clinton make it to the White House?
Eight years of a Democratic White House is a disadvantage, but not necessarily a fatal one
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Rand Paul’s outreach on criminal-justice reform may work better in Kentucky than New Hampshire
Will his ideas survive attacks from Walker and Bush?
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The two Americas and the great Sunbelt shift
New Census Bureau data reveal where people are moving—and why.
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Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may be on food stamps
Politicians don’t see the need for care when shaming recipients of public assistance.
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Indiana gets unwanted attention from its kick to the shins of gay marriage
The ldquo religious freedom rdquo law signed last week by Gov Mike Pence was an act of defiance against the inevitability of same-sex marriage in Indiana and across the United States It was a face-saving gesture a nearly toothless victory for the gay marriage opponents invited to the bill-signi