Rush Limbaugh, Listen to Your Brain

Deep down in our lobes, says new research from an international scientific team, sits a basic tilt toward fairness.

Our Plutocracy: A Sobering New Portrait

Never before, suggests a new look at America’s highest 400 incomes from the IRS, have so few made so much at the expense of so many.

A Democracy in Deep Disrepair

In contemporary American political life, only the rich can afford to be politically impatient. The big question: How long will the rest of us tolerate such a starkly unrepresentative status quo?

Not Soak the Rich, Just a Little Sprinkle

President Obama’s new federal budget blueprint won’t end plutocracy in America. But this second Obama budget, if adopted, might actually inconvenience it.