Month: January 2011

There was a point in 2007 when it looked like John McCain’s campaign was dead. He had no money. His staff was leaving. He wasn’t doing great in the polls. But he had one thing going for him. The competition was...

Institutions matter.  Alexis de Tocqueville came to the conclusion that mediating institutions (churches, lodges, clubs, caucuses) were what kept American democracy from devolving into a tyranny of the majority (well,...

. USDA admits role in large bird kill Yes, the Agriculture Department said, it did have a hand in the recent mass killing of starlings in South Dakota. According to the USDA, the birds were poisoned in Nebraska to help farmers...

Obama has named General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt to essentially replace Paul Volcker and chair his new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. The commenters at The Hill think this indicates that the president is a fascist....

I nominate Travis Corcoran, a comic book retailer and erstwhile part time blogger, who cheered the Tucson massacre on his stupid [expletive deleted] blog by suggesting more Congressional members and their staffs should be shot...