Month: May 2014

I can understand that it is frustrating for Second Amendment absolutists that every time someone goes on a killing spree with semiautomatic weapons that some people try to use the example of senseless, wanton violence to call...

Former Treasury official and Goldman Sachs employee Neel Kashkari is really struggling in the polls as he tries to win a slot on the California gubernatorial ballot. He is still lagging behind State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly who...

Nothing to see here, move along: Paychecks for top executives are reaching new highs, as the median pay for a CEO exceeded $10 million for the first time in 2013. A new report from the Associated Press found that the head of an...

Mainsailset asked a very pertinent question in a comment on Booman’s Memorial Day post Another One Bites the Dust. Shoot ’em. Bomb ’em. The default reaction so pure in its reflex it doesn’t even need a...

Todd Purdum has a piece at Politico on the structural deficit the Republicans have in presidential politics. He doesn’t mention the Electoral College, which I consider a major oversight, but he still hits the major points....