| View on the Web. |  | Tuesday, June 4, 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. |  | What does politics in the United States have in common with that of declining empires of ages past? Too much, argues Glenn Hubbard. The Columbia Business School dean and former adviser to President George W. Bush and would-be president Mitt … Continue reading →
A college baseball game between California State-Fullerton and Arizona State had an unexpected player in the outfield.
As you’re probably aware, black Americans are arrested for marijuana possession far more frequently than whites. You may also know that there’s not much evidence that black people consume marijuana with greater regularity than whites do. But the extent of … Continue reading →
Home prices have been soaring over the past year, the sharpest gains in seven years; construction activity is picking up nicely. Both trends have been driven in no small part by a steady drop in home mortgage interest rates, which … Continue reading →
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has made five phone calls on behalf of Enroll America, a nonprofit that seeks to support implementation of the health-care law. “Three were to discuss the organization and suggest the entities look at … Continue reading →
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Obama administration will soon unveil a package of reforms designed to deal with “patent trolls,” the ambulance-chasers of the high-tech world. Trolls employ no engineers and produce no useful products. Instead, they use … Continue reading →
With Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s (D-N.J.) passing, attention turns to Gov. Chris Christie (R), who will likely appoint a successor in advance of a special election either before this November’s gubernatorial election, coinciding with that election, or in 2014. So will … Continue reading →
The idea of slapping a price on carbon to reduce emissions and tackle global warming is moribund in Congress for now. But that’s not the case elsewhere in the world. A big new World Bank report (pdf) finds that more than 40 … Continue reading →
Here’s a rare bit of good news on health care costs: Americans are having an easier time paying their medical bills than they did just a year ago. New data from the Center for Disease Control show there were 57.8 … Continue reading →
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