Liberty
Problems with the politics of kindness
The latest print edition of National Review features Michael Knox Beran‘s review of The Pity Party, the latest book from William Voegeli. Beran focuses on the author’s analysis of the…
Joe Klein
American journalist
Liberty
More concern about wasteful government than inequality
Whatever you think about TIME columnist Joe Klein‘s political acumen, he deserves credit for his willingness to travel across the country and meet with voters of varying political views. A…
Elections & Public Integrity
TIME’s Klein has some nice things to say about Tillis, Walker
Joe Klein of TIME magazine recently parachuted into North Carolina for a Republican political rally. In his latest column, he shares his relatively positive impressions. In North Carolina, a few…
Liberty
Even TIME’s Klein chides Democrats for whipping up an impeachment frenzy
TIME columnist Joe Klein, a longtime Obama supporter who believes the president has done nothing worthy of impeachment, nonetheless takes issue with the shameless use of the “I” word to…
Education
Even Joe Klein chooses the right side in the battle between struggling students and teachers’ unions
Joe Klein of TIME takes New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to task for agreeing to drop an education reform that caused some discomfort for his teacher union supporters. The…
Health Care
TIME’s Klein pans ‘Mediscare’ ads from Democrats
No one would accuse TIME columnist Joe Klein of harboring any love for Republicans. That’s why it’s interesting to read Klein taking Democrats to task for reviving the strategy of…
Health Care
Mr. Klein, meet Sen. Burr
Joe Klein starts his latest TIME column with the assertion that Obamacare is here to stay, then admits how problematic the federal health law has become. It is a slovenly…
Liberty
TIME’s Klein makes some sense in downplaying populist arguments
Joe Klein‘s latest TIME column offers some useful observations about misguided populist political arguments. “We will ask the very wealthy to pay a little more in taxes so that we…
Liberty
TIME’s Klein questions the Clintons’ suitability for a White House return
As a number of top Democrats salivate over the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency, TIME magazine’s Joe Klein soils the punch bowl with his latest column. [T]o top it…
Education
Another sign that the teachers’ unions are losing their clout
When left-of-center media minds such as Joe Klein and Jonathan Alter can deviate from the government talking points and document the destructive role of teachers’ unions in blocking education reform,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Klein: Lefties are right to dismiss deficit concerns
Joe Klein‘s latest TIME column focuses on the potential for a congressional budget deal this year. Klein offers us this gem: There are those on the left who will object…
Liberty
When ‘moderates’ have good ideas
You might have a hard time reading past the first sentence of Joe Klein‘s latest TIME column, in which the erstwhile lefty describes himself as a political moderate. Still, soldier…