The N.F.L. and the British Government are both behind the idea of a franchise in London, but the idea doesn’t really make sense for the league, or the game.
We’ve become aware of failures in how we’ve handled the Ebola situation. The response is to figure out what went wrong and do our best to fix it, not to panic.
Another health care worker in Dallas is being treated for exposure to the Ebola Virus.
A second case, and the first person to apparently contract Ebola on U.S. soil. But, that’s no reason to panic.
The security lapses at the Secret Service just continue to mount.
A major voting rights ruling out of North Carolina.
It’s beginning to look like the 2016 race for the Republican nomination will have its own collection of oddballs.
To some extent, we seem to be becoming overprotective.
Much of the criticism of Hobby Lobby, and Citizens United before it, is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what those decisions stand for.
Native American names are everywhere.
The First Amendment protects government employees who testify truthfully.
Should the police be able to track you without a warrant? One Federal Appeals Court says no.
A debunking of the origin story actually aids the case that the motivation was not racist. It doesn’t matter.
The last known case of smallpox happened in 1977. Is it time to destroy the virus?
A bizarre case in Alabama highlights a more bizarre judicial precedent.
Another government mandate that doesn’t address a real problem.
Don’t blame Dallas, or 60s era Texas conservatism, for what happened in Dallas 50 years ago,
The argument that the Roberts Court has been overly “activist” does not hold up to examination.
To borrow a phrase from Stephen Colbert, if you want to understand how Congress works, you better know a District.
Michelle Nunn is running for her dad’s old Senate seat.
If Stevie Wonder were still touring, he wouldn’t be making stops in states with “Stand Your Ground” laws.
A Colorado 6-year-old with a penis has successfully sued for the right to use the girls’ restroom.
Will voters care about the revelations about NSA data mining? Signs point to no.
The man who changed the way Americans viewed newspapers, just before newspapers themselves began getting pushed aside by technology, has died at the age of 89.
There’s a lot we still don’t know about what happened in Boston, so maybe it’s time to stop speculating.
Matt Yglesias has a smart push-back against the lamentations of the decline of journalism.