Latest EntryFeb 9, 2010 Opinion Leave a comment
It’s a humdinger. But is it the worst political ad of our time? Thanks in part to the dream-enabling power of the stupid internet, there are at least seven other candidates among current and recent political ads for that dubious title. Take a look at them and judge for yourself.
Feb 9, 2010 Opinion Leave a comment
Rahm Emanuel is facing a political correctness crisis, and as a noted American once said, we should never let a crisis go to waste.
Feb 9, 2010 Opinion Leave a comment
The way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government, and Senators should push through changes to the rules that allow obstructionism.
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MIT field experiment asks: What happens when people gain the ability to govern themselves?
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The president needs to tell the truth on taxes, entitlements, and how to really reform health care—before it’s too late.
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Some calamities — the 1929 stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, Sept. 11 — have come like summer lightning, as bolts from the blue. The looming crisis of America’s Ponzi entitlement structure is different. Driven by the demographics of an aging population, its causes, timing and scope are known.
Feb 9, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
More and more veterans are showing the catastrophic impact of their psychological scars from battle. The government doesn’t currently employ resources to specifically give soldiers the support they need when they come home; but are specialized courts a catalyst to turn this whole mess around?
Feb 9, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. John Murtha, the first veteran of the Vietnam war and one of the most powerful lawmakers in Congress, died Wednesday morning at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA, after complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha was 77.
Feb 9, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
In the first major step to revive his health care agenda after his party’s loss of a filibuster-proof Senate majority, President Barack Obama on Sunday invited Republican and Democratic leaders to discuss possible compromises in a televised gathering later this month.
Feb 9, 2010 Politics Leave a comment
Viktor Yanukovych closes in on victory in Ukraine’s presidential election, but his rival Yulia Tymoshenko refuses to concede.