Democrats Punt On Tax Cut Extention
The Democratic Party seems to have decided that the best way to begin the final leg of the midterm election campaign is with a legislative cave-in of epic proportions.
The Democratic Party seems to have decided that the best way to begin the final leg of the midterm election campaign is with a legislative cave-in of epic proportions.
The relationship between the Obama White House and the progressive blogosphere isn’t very good right now, and it’s a preview of what is likely to happen on the right if the GOP gets back in power.
Should proper nouns be exempt from local spelling conventions?
Perhaps the biggest insight from Bob Woodward’s latest book is the sharpness of the split between the military and civilian leadership.
Subsidizing the markers of middle class attainment may undermine the traits that lead to it.
Facebook’s 26-year-old founder, Mark Zuckerberg, is one of the wealthiest men in America. Most of his work force is unpaid.
Yet more signs that Sarah Palin is quietly positioning herself for the opening moves of a White House run after the mid-term elections are over.
The obituary of Mr. Donald Charles Unsworth asks that people donate to Obama’s opponent rather than sending flowers.
The earnings gap between those with and without a college education continues to grow. But this masks other realities.
The nine months humans spend in the womb may be the most important time of our lives. And that has some profound implications.
In 1994, it was the Contract With America. In 2010, it’s the Pledge To America. But does it really mean anything regardless of what it’s called ?
Tonight’s topics: Bob Woodward’s new book, the Murkowski write-in bid, the weird race in Delaware, and the end of the Great Recession.
This November, California could become the first state in the nation to completely legalize the possession and sale of marijuana. And the battle over the ballot initiative is having an impact on other statewide races.
Attempts to capture the speech patterns of the American South in written dialogue should be approached with extreme caution.
What’s so wrong with saying that America will survive even if al Qaeda manages to hit us again ?
According to a poll released Tuesday, nearly 20 percent of U.S. citizens now believe Barack Obama is a cactus, the most Americans to identify the president as a water- retaining desert plant since he took office.
The authors of Global Governance 2025 offer a wide range of trajectories for the international system depending on whether we adequately address known threats.
According to a new book from Bob Woorward, American policy in Afghanistan is the result of a decision making process that can only be described as chaotic at best.
Dan Drezner asks, “Has Bob Woodward jumped the shark?” My snarky response is that he did that in Bob Casey’s hospital room.
President Obama told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, “Long before America was even an idea, this land of plenty was home to many peoples. The British and French, the Dutch and Spanish, to Mexicans, to countless Indian tribes. We all shared the same land.”
The Republican Leadership is treating Lisa Murkowski very differently than the Democrats handled Joe Lieberman in 2006.
A staffer for U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss left a threatening slur on an Internet discussion of the right of gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. military.
The effort to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell suffered a setback in the Senate today that likely delays any further moves on the issue until after the midterm elections.