Month: May 2013

You’ve Been Palinized

Ted Cruz is a real comedian. “If you sit back and you list who are the brightest stars in the Republican Party, who are the most effective advocates for free-market principles, you come up with names like Marco Rubio, like Mike...

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Chain Reaction

There are thirteen U.S. District Courts of Appeal. Some are big and some are small. The Ninth Circuit, which covers the West Coast, serves 61 million people. The DC Circuit represents about 600,000. That’s a technicality,...

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House vs. Senate

Ed Markey is running to serve the remainder of John Kerry’s term in the Senate. He’s known as a champion on environmental issues. He arrived in the House of Representatives in 1976, and he obviously has a ton of...

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Comey is a Bold Pick

Steve Benen makes a great point about President Obama’s choice of James Comey to be the next Director of the FBI. But there’s one other angle that’s worth thinking about as the process unfolds: if Obama had any...

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