Month: February 2012

I was pleased to see my former state senator and colleague get some praise in The Village Voice. Vi Simpson: The Woman Who Punked The Radical Republicans in the Indiana State Senate and Their Creationist Bill After interviewing...

Remember when I said it wasn’t humanitarian to create a power vacuum filled with armed militias from rivaling tribes that would fight each other for power in an oil-rich state? Well, that’s what we did in Libya....

Update [2012-2-11 6:40 EST by Oui] Of course after all denials yesterday, the Free Syrian Army now claims the twin deadly terror attacks in the city of Aleppo. The United States has confirmed it is in collusion for the...

It looks like the banks have finally gotten a deal that will cost them $25 billion and let them off the hook for the robo-signing scandal. I’m no expert on these things but it doesn’t seem to be that important. The...

In The Political Paradox of US conservatism I argued that whenever Romney looked like tying up the Republican nomination, some other more conservative candidate popped up to steal the lead. First it was Sarah Palin, then...