Month: February 2013

I don’t have a problem with creating a commission to explore ways to make voting easier, but I hope everyone is clear on one essential fact. Every single problem we have with voting has been created intentionally, and had...

We have a couple of teenagers living with us who both work about five days a week with (usually) five or six hour shifts. I think they’re both making about nine bucks an hour. After the tax withholding, that’s about...

“Showing some South Side” is a phrase used by America’s second-most prominent African-American elected chief executive, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.  Unlike President Obama, Patrick actually grew...

Neal Freeman has published a fascinating article in the National Review. Mr. Freeman is a veteran of the magazine and the former campaign manager of William F. Buckley’s 1965 New York mayoral campaign. In this piece,...

I was tempted last night to write a response to the State of the Union address that would have been close to identical to Jamelle Bouie’s response. After all, I’m known for my pragmatism, and my practice is tell you...