Month: February 2014

We are all familiar with the spectacle of a dog frantically chasing a car, which strikes us as stupid because, after all, what on Earth would the dog do with the car if it actually caught it? That’s basically what...

Oh, that rascally Rand Paul and his principled stands… On Wednesday — two years to the day after George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) placed a hold on President Barack Obama’s nominee for...

In 2004, I spent part of the summer in the Tampa area of Florida, organizing a voter registration drive. I was amazed by how many Floridians would tell perfect strangers that they were felons and could not vote. Later on, I...

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is really unpopular: Quinnipiac University released a poll on Wednesday that shows nothing but terrible news for Tom Corbett, Pennsylvania’s incumbent Republican Governor. He trails against...

Janet Hook reports (ironically, in the Wall Street Journal) that the reason no one is legislating anything big in Congress anymore is because the Republican Party won’t allow it. Their desire to repeal legislation, not...