Year: 2016

When President Obama invited the congressional Republicans to Blair House to discuss his comprehensive health care reform bill on February 25th, 2010, he had a variety of motives. Despite passing the Affordable Care Act through...

I forget if I brought this up in a post or just in a comment, but it’s something I’ve speculated about in the recent past: “Some of the country’s best-known corporations are nervously grappling with what role they...

When it comes to a classic narcissist like Donald Trump, it’s hard to say when (or if) he’ll begin to find the process of running for president so humiliating that he’s tempted to just drop out. He clearly...

The governor of Wisconsin can serve for as many terms as he wants, provided he can keep getting reelected, of course. Back in January, around the time that he delivered the annual State of the State address, Scott Walker sent...

Competitive primaries help voter registration and particularly party registration (in states where you have to register with a party to vote).