Month: August 2010

Nothing like a little hijinks at someone else’s expense. The strangest episode of [Rand] Paul’s time at Baylor occurred one afternoon in 1983 (although memories about all of these events are understandably a bit...

Jill Lawrence makes a nuanced, yet optimistic, assessment of the Senate: Since President Barack Obama’s inauguration in January 2009, the Senate has confirmed two Supreme Court nominees, revamped the student loan system...

Originally posted on Citizen Orange.The “DREAM Now Series: Letters to Barack Obama” is a social media campaign that launched Monday, July 19, to underscore the urgent need to pass the DREAM Act. The Development,...

The dog days of summer are here. The Senate is recessed until September 13th (may there be substantial recess appointments) and the House is out, too (although they’ll be trotting back to the Capitol tomorrow to vote on a...

We are spending $2 Billion a week in Afghanistan. If you want to see zeros, that’s $2,000,000,000.00 a week. It also means $104 Billion a year. Meanwhile, we can’t afford to keep our education budgets in functional...