An Open Letter to Sarah Palin Supporters
Comparing Bachmann and Palin in regards to managing the media.
Parliamentary Procedure and the Debt Ceiling Debate
How the reelection incentive and parliamentary procedure are affecting the debt ceiling debate in Congress.
Beating the Dead Horse Once More: Looking at the Numbers if we Don’t Raise the Debt Ceiling
Some things are worth repeating.
Evidence for the Jon Stewart Hypothesis
The Casey Anthony trials lends evidence to support Jon Stewart’s basic hypothesis about the MSM.
Casey Anthony and Other Things I Don’t Care About
I have been only peripherally aware of the trial–and then only in the way that I’m aware of Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and reality TV.
America Carrying Load in Libya While Pretending Otherwise
The US handing Libya over to NATO is “like Beyonce saying she’s ceding control to Sasha Fierce!” – Jon Stewart
Is an Electoral College Sweep even Possible?
Sunday afternoon musings on an electoral college sweeps.
Rick Perry Advocates the Biblical Virtues of Keynesianism
Rick Perry makes a valid point about bringing the economy back to Biblical principles.
BREAKING: Newt Gingrich Staff Resigns
Newt Gingrich’s entire senior presidential staff has resigned.
Anthony Weiner: Too Sexy For His Shirt
So, I walk by the office television set and the above picture of a shirtless man, allegedly New York Congressman Anthony Weiner, filled the screen.
Internet Commenters Are Us?
Amy Myers, the sophomore who challenged Michele Bachmann to a debate on the Constitution, has been the target of vile comments on the Internet.
Health Care, the GOP Field, and Tribal Politics
How much of public opinion is about tribal political identification and how much is about the actual policies themselves?
The Problem with the Ryan Plan
The bottom line is that the problem with the Ryan Plan is the Ryan Plan.
More Cautionary Poll Tales
It is waaay too early to be putting much stock in polling for 2012 (either in terms of X v. Obama or GOP v. GOP).
This Budget Cutting Thing is Hard
To borrow a phrase: budgeting is the science of muddling through (with an emphasis on the “muddling” far more than the “science.”
The NPR Vote and Understanding the Budget
Republican budget cuts to this point have been less than serious.
Presidential Decisions Not To Defend The Constitutionality Of Federal Law: A Brief History
A look at history reveals that President Obama’s decision to decline to defend Section Three of DOMA is hardly unprecedented.
John Marshall and the Commerce Clause (and the Ongoing PPACA Argument)
Yet again: to the Commerce Clause!
Wisconsin Teachers and Average Pay
Should public schoolteachers make more money than the people paying their salaries?
Mubarak Staying
While earlier in the day the indications were that Mubarak was on his way out, Mubarak himself had different plans it would seem. The question becomes: now what?
The Eschatological Stylings of Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck seems to have more in common with End Time preachers than he does with a serious political analyst.
Activity and Inactivity and the Individual Mandate
It seems to me that inactivity can have just as profound affects as activity and likewise that it is rather difficult to argue that health care isn’t part of interstate commerce.
