Joshua Green

As some of you may know, and others probably do not, today is my last day at The Atlantic after nearly an eight-year run. Next week, I'm moving over to Bloomberg Businessweek where I'll continue writing about politics and policy (in print and on the web) and will also appear regularly on Bloomberg TV. I'll still write my weekly Boston Globe column, and in a couple of weeks it'll start cross-posting at Businessweek. In the meantime, you can always find me on Twitter… More »

Washington is consumed with shrinking government and cutting spending. But voters may be loathe to give up its benefits. More »

The Texas governor should do well with conservatives. But palling around with Rush Limbaugh will limit his appeal. More »

It's too bad Congress is so broken that we have to rely on a supercommittee. But we do. So let's give it a chance to work More »

As he prepares to enter the Republican field, Rick Perry's appeal is clear. So is his one glaring weakness. More »

The idea that private negotiations to cut the deficit are somehow bad is fatuous and ill-considered. More »

I'm a little late getting to this, but there's a fascinating story in the Boston Globe about a group of very clever people -- including computer scientists at MIT -- who figured out a way to beat an obscure Massachusetts lotto game called Cash WinFall and have quietly been making a small fortune doing so ever since. (At least they were making a fortune -- presumably the Globe piece will end that.) As careful readers of this blog know, this is a subject that… More »

The former governor has a lot to teach Washington about earning a strong credit rating. Her secret: raise taxes. More »

Texas Governor Rick Perry burst onto the national political stage at a prayer rally in Houston today. Get ready -- he's no wallflower. More »

The media descend on Houston for "The Response" -- the Texas governor's prayer rally and likely precursor to a run for president More »

He wants to leave...but they keep pulling him back in! More »

In Monday's Democratic caucus meeting, the vice president revealed tensions with the defense secretary over Iraq More »

Early reports about the deal touted big numbers. But the fine print suggest there's no guarantee More »

They may have held the line on taxes, but cuts in military spending expose a rift within the GOP More »

Politico coins a brilliant term for Romney's sudden scarcity. But it's not a bad political strategy at all. More »

The debt-ceiling fight has diminished him, just at it has the Republican leadership More »

The House is the final obstacle to a debt deal. But the last time the markets were on edge, the Speaker didn't come through More »

After last night's humiliation, John Boehner looks mighty small. He should abandon his right wing, as it abandoned him, and start thinking big. More »

How bipartisan efforts to fix the broken tax code got swept aside by debt deal rancor More »

They talk a big game, but in private, Republicans attack the one person who stands up for what they claim to believe. More »