July 25, 2011

This issue covered the contentious debt ceiling negotiations of summer 2011, with multiple senior editors including William Kristol, Fred Barnes, Stephen F. Hayes, and Jeffrey H. Anderson analyzing the political poker game between President Obama and Republicans over raising the nation's debt limit. The magazine also featured Noemie Emery's commentary on expanding welfare state policies, addressing broader questions about government spending and entitlements as the debt crisis dominated Washington.