| View on the Web. |  | Monday, June 3, 2013 | |  |  | | WonkPM is your afternoon update of the latest posts on Wonkblog. WonkPM is a supplement to your morning Wonkbook newsletter. If you'd like to opt-out from receiving WonkPM, please click here. |  | One of the most infamous and dispiriting findings in recent political science research is that partisans can’t even agree on basic facts, at least when those facts bear on politics. Princeton’s Larry Bartels found that, in 1988, Democrats were much … Continue reading →
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz knows how to deal with the Internal Revenue Service: Get rid of it! We ought to abolish the IRS and instead move to a simple flat tax, where the average American can fill out our … Continue reading →
Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff's regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Sarah with questions, comments and suggestions here. Check back every Monday, … Continue reading →
In our Wonkblog book club, we’ve been discussing Ira Katznelson’s “Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time.” And there’s been an interesting debate about the origins of Social Security — and whether it was originally designed to … Continue reading →
Perhaps it’s worth simplifying this discussion about premiums under Obamacare a bit. This whole conversation is about the individual insurance exchanges, which effectively replace today’s individual market (and have nothing to do with the insurance offered by Medicare, Medicaid, or … Continue reading →
“I represent the majority of citizens,” announces a Wall Street Journal editorial board member fulminating about the blue bicycles that have “begrimed” New York’s “finest, most picturesque” neighborhoods and the “totalitarians” who have put them there. Via James Fallows, who … Continue reading →
At Wonkblog, we’re always looking for ways to spark interesting conversations about the most crucial issues facing our nation and world. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be using the Post’s CrowdSourced platform to host a vigorous discussion of where … Continue reading →
The big news in D.C. today: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) has passed away at the age of 89. He was the last World War II veteran serving in the Senate and has been in the chamber almost continuously since 1982 … Continue reading →
Almost everyone expects mandatory electronic employment verification to be part of any immigration reform law that reaches President Obama’s desk. The idea is simple: Citizens and legal immigrants should be able to work, undocumented immigrants shouldn’t. The difficulty is separating … Continue reading →
It was funny when Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley equated Obama filling D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacancies with “court-packing.” But that’s not the last we’re going to hear from the Senate about judicial appointments. According to my … Continue reading →
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