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Modern America's great 30-year crime wave began in the early 1960s. America's most grave social problem proved to be a calamity for the Democratic Party. In the New York City, the number of annual murders peaked at 2,245 in 1990, the first year the Democrat David Dinkins was mayor. By 2013, however, New Yorkers had only faint memories of walking the streets in constant fear. One might suppose that Democrats would regard the decline of crime, and of their political vulnerability on the issue, as an unqualified blessing. The party's resurgent progressive wing, which has come to detest Clintonian concessions to Reaganism on such issues as financial deregulation and national security is now equally determined to repudiate the tough-on-crime rhetoric and policies that made it hard to differentiate Democrats from Republicans. If Hillary Clinton's purpose in 2016 is to walk back the position that the first responsibility of government is maintaining law and order, voters will have to decide whether it is time to insulate. Adapted from the source document.

The President and Congress debate whether to extend the Bush tax cuts, and particularly whether to continue the Bush tax rates for high-income families. The author argues that there is a discrepancy between interpretations in the media who are obsessed with inequality and the public and legislators who are seemingly more willing to extend tax benefits to the wealthy.

Argues that the current levels of public welfare in the United States are too high for a functioning society, and explores the roots and consequences of a welfare state