Larry Summers

If we are to avoid a deep recession, it's time for government to step up. So choose your poison: Tax cuts or government investment. The Republicans have no doubt.

There's a huge group of people out there who believe an apology is due to political correctness, shutting up someone who is delivering an uncomfortable truth.

Penn sees his "microtrends" analysis as cutting edge. But his construal of single women could hardly be more retro.