Category: Politics

Is more regulation of political campaigning and advocacy really what we want? If you ask me the politicians who want to "clean up the money" in politics are going …

Following the example of Belgium and the Netherlands, Spain has legalized same-sex marriage, according to the Associated Press (via the Washington Post. And Spain did so in the "right" …

Before the election I heard many on the right talk about how the President should be elected so that the GOP could have a "super majority" in the leadership …

In politics, it's traditional for every incumbent to say kind words about their challengers. They say the "welcome the opportunity" to put forth their positions and records, that they …

The big theme running around the anti-war blogs nowadays is a revival of the classic "chickenhawk" accusation. In a nutshell (a singularly appropriate turn of phrase in this context), …

I've always been fond of the game of chess. It's fascinated me since I was seven or so, when I was a gifted amateur. Unfortunately, I haven't progressed much …

Last night, in the comments section of my posting about the Kelo decision, "neil" whined that he couldn't comment on Paul's posting covering Karl Rove's speech in New York. …

(re: Dems reply to Rove) You know guys, sometimes life really is simple. When Dick Durbin called our soldiers Nazis, Harry Reid supported him. Reid only found his misplaced …

I read liberal (or "progressive" if you prefer) blogs. One of my regular stops is MyDD. I was pleasantly surprised to see this quote from Chris Bowers Jerome Armstrong …

USATODAY reports on Edward Klein's new book about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, which many of her of her harshest critics have attacked for its heavy use of unnamed sources. …