Oh, we’re going to play this game again? Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) said he didn’t know if President Obama’s birth certificate was genuine. In an interview with Parade Magazine, Perry said he has no reason to think...
Read MoreJoe Nocera has a column in the New York Times that notes that it is the 24th anniversary of the defeat of Robert Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court. He uses the occasion to blame the current breakdown of comity in...
Read MoreThis is what our mothers and fathers, or, perhaps, our grandmothers and grandfathers read when Benito Mussolini met his end. Does it remind you of what you are reading now about Moammar Gaddafi?
Read MoreEric Cantor canceled a speech at the Wharton School of Business yesterday when he realized that it was going to be met with protests, but you can read his prepared remarks here. I want to give an excerpt to consider: I believe...
Read MoreStrangely, I both agree and disagree with Matt Yglesias at the same time. At the most fundamental level, I think that Occupy Wall Street is an irrational protest. So, I wouldn’t call it a rational response. But it is an...
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