Ezra Klein reports on Bill Kristol's surprising views on the Affordable Care Act on vox.com. Today's GOP lawmakers wouldn't need a memo to know that working with President Obama to pass a massive new entitlement doesn't dovetail with their electoral or ideological interests. Where Republican strategists once had to work to prevent cooperation, today obstruction has become the … [Read more...] about Kristol: We Can’t Return to 2009 Health Care
Cartoon: Fox News and Race
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Migrants and the New Mediterranean Mafia (Guest Voice)
It is a sunny morning in mid-April on Sicily’s east coast, and in the distance Mount Etna rises from a green-blue sea up through the olive groves to reach a snowy cone ringed by cotton ball clouds. In the center of this Mediterranean tableau, at the end of a long quay in the port of Augusta,… … [Read more...] about Migrants and the New Mediterranean Mafia (Guest Voice)
Politix Update: Contemplating The Nightmarish Scenario Of A Case Of Clinton Fatigue
There were 15 or so of us gathered around a large conference room table. It was a brilliantly sunny afternoon in the fall of 1996 and the Philadelphia Daily News editorial board was conducting yet another interview in the laborious election-year process of endorsing candidates. I happened to be sitting in because I was directing the paper's presidential campaign coverage and … [Read more...] about Politix Update: Contemplating The Nightmarish Scenario Of A Case Of Clinton Fatigue
Jeb Bush’s Truly Lousy Campaign Start
Right now Jeb Bush's campaign could be called the Dominoes campaign. Not as in Dominoes Pizza, although he has lots of dough. But as in collapsing dominoes. And let's just say that it now appears that if Jeb Bush gets that night call, it'd be a wrong number. The biggest question is: is Jeb Bush morphing into the 2015 Fred Thompson or Rudy Giuliani? What has become a trend is … [Read more...] about Jeb Bush’s Truly Lousy Campaign Start
Meaningless But Hopeful News For Sanders And O’Malley
This week has a lot of somewhat encouraging news, even if it all has zero predictive value. Bernie Sanders came unexpectedly close to Clinton in the Wisconsin straw poll. While straw polls are pretty much meaningless, as we saw with all those straw poll victories by fringe candidates like Ron Paul, it could be a sign of the enthusiasm for Sanders, which has also been seen … [Read more...] about Meaningless But Hopeful News For Sanders And O’Malley
Disneyland for Cheapskate Families
Here are some quick suggestions for any cheapskate families visiting Disneyland or California Adventure. 1. Never pay full price for tickets: You can buy your tickets ahead of time through ARES travel and save a few bucks on every ticket. 2. Bring snacks into the park: Although the Disney website usually says food is not to be brought into the park, they do not care … [Read more...] about Disneyland for Cheapskate Families
Cartoon: Disney outsourcing
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Time to Honor Two South Carolina Political Milestones (Guest Voice)
Time to Honor Two South Carolina Political Milestones by Jordan Cooper Raising a statue for the first Asian-American female governor in the Americas will be an exceptional example of how we as a state can acknowledge our climb to God's destiny. And we can bolster this honor by creating a statue for the first black to be a representative in both chambers of Congress. … [Read more...] about Time to Honor Two South Carolina Political Milestones (Guest Voice)
The Bakken Shale Red Queen
The reference in the title to The Red Queen from “Alice in Wonderland” by the English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (perhaps better known from his pseudonym Lewis Carrol) who was an author, mathematician and logician, is deliberate to create associations with The Red Queen’s statement;"It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place". This is certainly turning … [Read more...] about The Bakken Shale Red Queen
Cartoon: Hastert
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U. S. Expanding War on ISIS in Iraq
The United States is going to somewhat gingerly expand its war on ISIS, a sign that there is concern that the group -- which you can accurately compare to the Nazis in the way they mercilessly butcher men, women and children within their rapidly growing territory -- continues to make inroads and poses a threat to the Middle East, and perhaps beyond. In many cases it is meeting … [Read more...] about U. S. Expanding War on ISIS in Iraq
Forget The Benghazi Nonsense–Clinton Finally Facing More Questions On Her Real Mistakes In Libya
Republicans often turn out to inadvertently be Hillary Clinton's best friend. They are never satisfied with criticizing Clinton's real faults, and instead feel compelled to fabricate what sounds like far more serious crimes. Thus criticism of Clinton's actual policy mistakes in Libya as Secretary of State have been largely ignored because Republicans think find that they can … [Read more...] about Forget The Benghazi Nonsense–Clinton Finally Facing More Questions On Her Real Mistakes In Libya
When you know what’s going to happen next
When you know what's going to happen next For example: If I tell you (and it's true) that Kalief Browder was black and 17 when this started, you pretty much know the ending, right? In the picture he's cute, scrubbed, clipped, neat and crisp. Then the story begins and in a sentence or two, despite all the hope and good looks you can see in the photo, you're well aware … [Read more...] about When you know what’s going to happen next
Cartoon: Dennis Hastert
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Beyond Torture: The New Science of Interrogating Terrorists
In the fall of 2003, Colonel Steven Kleinman, a veteran Air Force interrogator, walked into a room at a classified location near Baghdad. It was dark and the walls were painted black, he recalls. A Marine and an interpreter sat side by side in chairs. In front of them knelt an Iraqi man squinting into a… … [Read more...] about Beyond Torture: The New Science of Interrogating Terrorists
The State of Disneyland and the Nation
I spent a few days at Disneyland with my wife last week. We went without our kids while attending a conference. Don’t worry about the kids, they’ve already had plenty of Disney in their lifetime. While traversing the Magic Kingdom, I noticed the following: 1. People seem to go with the flow better today than when I was a kid. We spent a lot of time in both Disneyland and … [Read more...] about The State of Disneyland and the Nation
The Fuss Over Privacy
Why is there such a fuss over privacy? Rand Paul’s stand in the Senate against data collection by the government made him a hero to some Americans, and an obstacle to sound policy to other citizens. But whether it’s declared or not, we’re at war now with Islamic terrorists, some of whom are presently residing in Western Europe and America. Some have traveled to Iraq, Syria or … [Read more...] about The Fuss Over Privacy
Sanctimonious Pundits Get Christie Mocking Wrong (Guest Voice)
"I never thought I'd see so much of your anatomy" –The Camel Toe Movie By Art Gallagher Respected columnists on both the left and right have come to Governor Chris Christie's defense against the viral social and new media reaction to the ridiculously embarrassing photos of Christie in a way too tight softball uniform last week.… … [Read more...] about Sanctimonious Pundits Get Christie Mocking Wrong (Guest Voice)
Obama’s small victory at the G7 Summit
President Barack Obama won a small victory at the G7 Summit in the Bavarian Alps today when his reluctant European partners and Japan backed a united front warning Russia to stop interfering in Ukraine. The warning fell on deaf ears with a Kremlin spokesman claiming that the seven summiteers were far from united against Russia and produced no “new theses”. Russia and … [Read more...] about Obama’s small victory at the G7 Summit