David Coates

Have I missed something? Perhaps I have. Or is one of the troubling undersides of the Glenn Beck rally on the Lincoln Memorial last Saturday not yet receiving the full coverage that it deserves?[1] The rally has rightly been criticized as a questionable attempt to exploit the legacy of Martin Luther King and the Civil... Read more »

(co-authored with Peter Siavelis) It is less than a year (November 2009) since Janet Napolitano – the Homeland Security Secretary and the administration’s point person on immigration – announced her and the President’s commitment to a three-pronged approach to the issue of immigration reform. The Obama administration, she said, would (1) streamline the system of... Read more »

“Social Security is not the trouble; it’s just the target.”[1] It would appear that there will be a new battle awaiting us on the other side of the mid-term elections – as though we did not already have battles enough – one about Social Security and its future. [2] Sections of the conservative movement have long... Read more »