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Joshua Green

Joshua Green is a national correspondent for Bloomberg Businessweek and a weekly political columnist for the Boston Globe. He has also written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, and other publications. Previously, he was an editor at The Washington Monthly. His writing has been anthologized in books ranging from The Best American Political Writing to The Bob Marley Reader.

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JOSHUA GREEN

Obama’s awkward private equity dance

By Joshua Green,

It is odd that President Obama has elevated private equity to a pressing campaign issue, because he has given no prior indication of being troubled by the industry’s practices.

JOSHUA GREEN

Taking on the F-word

By Joshua Green,

The partisan animosity consuming the political system doesn’t originate in the White House. The problem is the Senate and its use of the filibuster.

Opinion | Joshua Green

Obama’s evolution, Romney’s devolution

By Joshua Green,

In a sense, President Obama and Mitt Romney are mirror images of one another: on gay rights, each is a cautious pragmatist trying to catch up to his party.

JOSHUA GREEN

Zombie Congress

By Joshua Green,

If Representative Jim Cooper of Tennessee is right, fiscal negotiations in Washington are in big danger.