With its Medicaid expansion, Obamacare may turn out to be the most equality-promoting policy enacted in a generation. Timothy Noah enactequalityexpansion Change image and share on social
The Clinton administration cared a lot about the middle class and the poor. But it also cared a lot - too much, in retrospect - about the rich. Timothy Noah administrationcareclass Change image and share on social
In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it. Timothy Noah acceptfailgovernment Change image and share on social
Washington culture has always had a difficult time acknowledging untruth. Timothy Noah acknowledgeculturedifficult Change image and share on social
Health care probably contributes a lot more to the common wealth than finance. Timothy Noah carecommoncontribute Change image and share on social
Without the three-fifths rule, there wouldn't have been a Constitution of the United States - not one that governed the American South, at any rate - because the South wouldn't have ratified it. Timothy Noah americanconstitutionfifth Change image and share on social
Under Obama, income growth has been confined almost entirely to those at the top of the income distribution, continuing a pattern that began under President George W. Bush. Timothy Noah beginbushconfine Change image and share on social
The only agency of the federal government with a more demoralized workforce than Homeland Security is the Small Business Administration, a notorious turkey farm that should have been abolished years ago. Timothy Noah abolishadministrationagency share on social
We Americans love our Constitution so much that we can't bear to change even the stupid parts. Timothy Noah americanbearchange Change image and share on social
President Obama seems to think that you win by demonstrating that you're a more reasonable person than your opponents. It didn't work too badly, I'll grant, as an electoral strategy in the 2012 election. Timothy Noah badlydemonstrateelection share on social
