The pending compromise between the two parties on taxes and other policies underscores the fact that enhanced minority power (in this case, the filibuster power) helps contribute to fiscal irresponsibility.
Is it possible to govern and not engage in some amount of redistribution?
The states fought hard to retain the right to appoint Senators, right?
How would appointed Senators affect the partisan mix of the Senate?
Why would policy outcomes be different under the 17th Amendment?
They aren’t going to stop, but the cliches that pass for debate sure are tiresome (plus some musings about the tax cut extension debate).
Sorting out, to some degree, the role of the states in our constitutional order.
Are the interests of a given state different than the interests of the people living in that state?
Is there really anyone who can credibly argue at this point that the policy regarding homosexuals openly serving in the armed services is anything other than basic discrimination?
Roughly 150 years ago, the CSA was born. Is this something worthy of celebration?
McCain brings up “regime change” in re: the DKRP and China apparently isn’t doing enough.
There is a simple mathematical equation that explains why deficit reduction is so difficult.
There is at least one simple reason why dealing with the North is so difficult.
Would troops to Mexico help in the drug war?
So will there be an efficacious backlash against TSA policies? I am guessing no.
Is the current media environment a problem for proper political discourse?
