Category: Politics

I make no secret that while I haven't decided on a presidential candidate, I have generally favorable impressions of Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney. I also have issues with …

Google removed ads condemning MoveOn.org's ad in The New York Times attacking General David H. Petraeus, claiming a trademark violation. This blatant act of political protection has exacted a …

Hillary Clinton opposed allowing the government to intercept foreign calls routed through U.S. equipment without a warrant, and touts new privacy proposals - but illegally intercepting phone calls was …

The Washington Post has done as fine a job of any Old Media outlet in burying good news from Iraq, including regarding the "surge" strategy, deep inside the paper …

A lot of people are touting the recent public statements of retired General Ricardo Sanchez, who was the commander in chief of coalition forces in Iraq from 2003 to …

(Another in a series of essays demonstrating precisely why I should never be entrusted with any sort of political power or authority) Ever since I started asking awkward questions …

Yesterday, while campaigning in New Hampshire, former Senator John Edwards declared his proposal to cut the influence of big-money donors in presidential campaigns. He wants the maximum any one …

Eugene Volokh (via Instapundit) posts an excerpt about the effectiveness of the Fairness Doctrine from Fred Friendly's book The Good Guys, the Bad Guys and the First Amendment: Bill …

It's strange, how some events can have tremendous influence on our attitudes and beliefs, but we forget the actual incidents themselves. For example, one of my pushbutton issues is …

One particular political tactic I have been growing more and more sick of is the use of victims to push political agendas. While it is certainly true that some …