Paul Ryan is writing a book, and it has tongues wagging not for literary reasons, but for political ones.The Republican congressman from Wisconsin was propelled into the national spotlight in 2012 when GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney pegged him as his running...

Paul Ryan is writing a campaign book, and though it's not officially a campaign book, it seems to be exactly the kind of campaign book that exists merely to preview a presidential candidacy. The book will be published next year, and "it'll feature a mix of autobiography, political analysis, and policy prescriptions," The National Review's Robert Costa reports. One way ...

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is working on a book, the National Review reports, which will combine his personal history with his political philosophy. He will cover the 2012 presidential campaign, but it is not any sort of tell-all -- he's only planning to say good things about Mitt Romney. Read full article >>    

  Compromise is often an unhappily revealing art. “Ideals may tell us something important about what we would like to be. But compromises tell us who we are,” the philosopher Avishai Margalit writes. In finding compromises with Republicans on the federal budget, Democrats need to remember not only who they are but who the voters depend on them to be. ...

The GOP is embracing immigration reform and is under grassroots pressure to reverse its opposition to gay marriage. When staring down the barrel of a gun, most political parties seek drastic change to reverse their electoral fortunes. Such is the case with both the Republicans in the United States and the Conservative Party here. The former has sought to alter ...