Yes, when you blame one group of people for the actions of other, especially irrationally so, that qualifies as scapegoating.

Some of our politicians and commentators are looking to odd places for guidance over the application of fundamental American values.

A quick flip-flop from Swedish authorities on a very serious charge.

A small slice of what people at the epicenter of the Park51 controversy have to say.

If the response to Cordoba House isn’t basically being anti-Muslim, what is it?

Colombia’s Constitutional Court has struck down a US basing rights deal.

Given public opinion on the proposed Islamic community center that is currently cominating the news, we would expect that opposition to the project would be strongest in Manhattan itself.

A major part of the problem with the seeming growing wave of anti-Muslim sentiment in some quarters of US politics is that it seems to equate Islam as “the enemy.” If that’s the case, then US foreign policy has some ‘splainin’ to do.

Again, despite the rhetoric of some, the US does continue to enforce laws relevant to the border and, indeed, enforcement has been on the rise.

If it was called the “Burlington Coat Factory community center” would anyone care about Cordoba House?

Shockingly, the Tea Party as a generic movement is more popular than congressional leadership. Interestingly, the Democrats are still slightly more popular than the Tea Party and the Reps are in third.

According to a new poll, 87% of border residents feel safe.

Remember when dealing with the utterances of Hugo Chávez that you should take them with a grain of salt (or twelve).

Hezbollah can tolerate the restoration of a synagogue, but many Americans are apoplectic about a Muslim community center and mosque two blocks from where the WTC once stood.

Colombia has sworn in a new president. And so begins the Santos era as the Uribe era heads for the history books.

Wherein only one of the various consequences of altering the current status of birthright citizenship is considered: more paperwork for us all.

While it is true, as Jacob Sullum puts it, On Drug Policy, Mexico’s President Has a Bigger Vocabulary Than Ours, it is also true as the headline at Gancho puts it he has Problems with the Legalization Debate (specifically in terms of popular opinion in Mexico).

While it may be true that facts are stubborn things, a lot of American are stubborn in the face of them.

Sharron Angle has moved on from Second Amendment solutions to First Commandment ones…

How does the Electoral College influence policy and campaigning?

Despite assertions that the violence in Mexico is spilling over the border, we find a rather stark comparison of two key border cities.

Not surprisingly, there is a great deal of disparity in terms of development on the two sides of the US-Mexican border.

The FBI is mad that Wikipedia has published a copy of its seal on their site.

In the first entry in this series we looked at a basic question of democratic theory. In this one, we look at whether the EC ever worked as the Framers intended.

Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan shared his views on extending the Bush tax cuts today on MTP.

The first in a multi-part series on the Electoral College.

Angle is smartly focusing her commercials on the economy, and it is helping her numbers.

Crist’s gamble continues to appear to have been a good one.

U.S. passports still aren’t perfect.