2007 and Beyond

"Borders? What Borders?" The strange death of sovereignty. The Daily, May 23, 2011

"The Emerging Gay Majority." The gay rights movement needs recalibrating. The Advocate, December 2010

"Divided We Thrive." Republicans' House takeover can help Obama govern. The New York Times, November 7, 2010

"Group Think: Inside the Tea Party's Collective Brain." National Journal, September 11, 2010

"Red Families, Blue Families, Gay Families, and the Search for a New Normal." Journal of Law and Inequality, Summer, 2010.

"A 'Kagan Doctrine' on Gay Marriage." The New York Times, July 3, 2010.

"Letting Go of My Father." The hidden elder care crisis. The Atlantic, April 2010.

"A Moral Crossroads for Conservatives." If not gay marriage...what? National Journal, August 8, 2009.

"The Zombie Party." How the Republicans lost their brain. Democracy Journal, Summer 2009.

"A Failure of Capitalism?" Richard Posner blames the system (book review). The New York Times Book Review, May 17, 2009.

"Gay Marriage: A Reconciliation." Federal civil unions plus religious-liberty guarantees. By David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch. The New York Times, Feb. 22, 2009

"Not Whether but How: Gay Marriage and the Revival of Burkean Conservatism." What would Burke do? South Texas Law Review, Winter 2009.

"When Culture Wars End." For gays, the 2008 election turns a corner. The Advocate, November 16, 2008

"Small Ball, After All?" George W. Bush, minor president? National Journal, September 20, 2008

"Electro-Shock Therapy." GM's electric-car quest. The Atlantic, July-August, 2008

"Gay Marriage Is Good for America." Californians should keep it. The Wall Street Journal, June 21, 2008

"Mr. Conservative." John McCain, Edmund Burke's heir. The Atlantic, May 2008.

"Partisan Retreat." Can we manage the postwar war over Iraq? The Atlantic, January-February 2008.

"Redefining the Meaning of Family." Only America squares homosexuality with tradition. Newsweek International, December 2007

"Crisis on the Right." Book review: Can conservatism cope? New York Times Book Review, Oct. 7, 2007.

"‘This Is Not Philanthropy.’" Bill Clinton's business of saving the world. The Atlantic, October 2007

"Family Reunion." The case against David Blankenhorn's case against same-sex marriage. Democracy Journal, Summer 2007.

"Campaign Seasoning." The case for early primaries. The Atlantic, July/August 2007.

"Learning from Ike." A realist for our times. National Journal, April 14, 2007.

"A Separate Peace." How states dissolve culture wars. The Atlantic, April 2007.