In the theology of the Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), God has a pretty long shit list. Read the colorful placards at the group’s daily demonstrations and you get the idea: “God Hates Fags,” “God Hates Fag Enablers,” “God Hates Obama,” “God Hates America,” “God Hates The World,” “God Hates YOU.”

Last week, on the one-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers crash, TNR brought together influential leaders from Washington and Wall Street for an honest examination of our financial system and its future.

Simon Johnson, professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of BaselineScenario.com, argues that the G20 this week offers unique and valuable opportunities to bring about significant financial reform on a global scale, but that the proposals currently on the table will not change much of anything.

Ruy Teixeira, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the Century Foundation, argues that the detailed presentations of health reform in the president’s speech last week and the Baucus plan this week have been critical to moving the process forward.

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Johnson: Another Wasteful Program that Just Won't Die

Simon Johnson, professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of BaselineScenario.com, weighs in on the debate over whether Congress should renew the tax credit for first-time home buyers, warning that special interests may spawn yet another inefficient and costly government program that will be very hard to get rid of.

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Alan Bersin, Obama’s “Border Czar,” rips apart arguments to legalize drugs in the U.S., suggesting that there is much more we can do to educate Americans and crack down on supply: “I wouldn’t concede on this one at all.” Bersin is the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security.

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Ruy Teixeira, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the Century Foundation, argues that there are few issues in American politics for which there is truly a public consensus, but some of the president’s energy proposals may have achieved just that.

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Chait/Foer: Why the GOP Has Gone Loony

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