Category: Politics

Over the weekend, Ace Of Spades wrote a very lengthy, very insightful piece triggered by the reflections of Fred Thompson over his presidential bid, and Ace's frustration as a …

Over at Outside The Beltway, I got into another scrum with the commenters on a Doug Mataconis posting. (It's a bad habit of mine.) The topic was the tax …

The fight over federal funding for Planned Parenthood is getting interesting. First up, PP reports that, in the aftermath of the House Republicans' attempt to defund them, private donations …

Well, the fight over whether or not to allow the government to avoid partial government shutdown ended up in a colossal game of chicken, and it's not quite sure …

Over at Outside The Beltway, Doug Mataconis posted this clip from "The West Wing." I watched it, and had the following thoughts:In the video, the Continuing Resolution would extend …

President Obama has a rather fascinating political instinct, and it's kicking in once again: when the going gets tough, he gets going -- and keeps going.During the Gulf oil …

The remaining 14 of the top 20 political donors are solidly in the Democrat camp.

Here in New Hampshire, we're having our own budget battles like most other states. Last week, a whole host of social liberals descended on the State House, demanding that …

Yesterday, I had an idea for a posting: wouldn't it be fun to take some of Candidate Obama's words and post them in stark contrast with the words and …

So rather than allow any vote whatsoever on a resolution which could prove highly embarrassing to the President and his party, Harry Reid adjourned the Senate until Monday.