Month: January 2012

I think we all understand that politicians will say things while they’re running for president that bear little relationship to reality. Democrats may promise to renegotiate NAFTA, for example, or to create a single-payer...

To anyone paying attention to the growing wealth inequality in the United States over the past 50 years it should come as no surprise that their is less economic mobility in America than in many other developed countries. Our...

Norm Ornstein makes some good points but when he says that Ron Paul currently represents almost a third of the GOP, he goes way too far. One way of looking at this question is to ask how many Republicans in Congress share Ron...

When you think about a possible Santorum presidency, the most exciting thing is that he’ll do his utmost to shame us all out of ever having sex for fun again. Actually, he would never have the votes in Congress, but...

Here come some more recess appointments. The GOP is gonna howl. It isn’t just Richard Cordray. Obama is also set to use recess appointments to install his picks to the National Labor Relations Board, according to White House...