Category: Politics

Last week, there was a bit of a kerfuffle on Capitol Hill, involving procedural shenanigans over a measure that would have denied certain forms of federal aid going to …

Yesterday, I had a little fun contrasting how liberals tend to prefer different ways to deal with skyrocketing costs in two fields near and dear to their hearts: health …

On Wednesday, Senator Barack Obama stated that in his presidential administration, he would authorize a military invasion of Pakistan to pursue suspected Al Qaeda forces. On Thursday, he announced …

...the reaction to yesterday's Op-Ed piece in the NYT should remove any doubt. Bloggers unleash fury on optimistic op-ed Brookings scholars Michael E. O'Hanlon and Kenneth M. Pollack used …

Some Republican presidential candidates look like they might decline to participate in a planned GOP YouTube debate. As Patrick Ruffini explains at Townhall, it would be a huge mistake …

With the presidential race beginning earlier than ever before, I am already a bit burned out on politics right now. The nasty attacks on those in the military (the …

I haven't fully worked out how far back the trend goes, but it seems that when it comes to electing presidents, we tend to choose the candidate with the …

I tend to be a "reactive" thinker. Most of the time, I get my best thoughts as an instinctive response to something someone else says, when their words catalyze …

Yesterday, I mentioned in passing that a lot of people complain about the Electoral College, but never seem to work up enough energy to actually do what it would …

This morning, I read news that Massachusetts is considering a major change to how they run their elections. Some lawmakers want to put a final line on each ballot …