Reporters, politicians, and pundits all over are tearing apart the budget President Obama has recently outlined, which he will submit to Congress Wednesday of next week. The big takeaway is…
Plenty of links in today’s article. Check them out if you have time. There is a worrying trend, in my opinion, of politicians and public figures making comparisons between running…
Rand Paul made quite a statement with his legitimate, physically-present filibuster of President Obama’s pick for CIA director John Brennan, and by extension the administration’s proposals for drone policy…
There are always shades of grey in politics. Even for known liberal blogger extraordinaire Matt Yglesias. Always a fan of any political analysis involving subtlety and pragmatism, I wanted to…
I often harp on the importance of context and history. I think the last few years show a great opportunity for that kind of thinking by both parties. Rather than…
To follow up on some recent news about the new chair of the House Science and Technology Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith makes an unsurprising first move by starting…
I do get frustrated, like the writer of today’s article, sometimes. It can be so hard to combat the falsities borne out of malice, ignorance, or even oversimplification of the…
Another entry from TEDTalk all-star, Jonathan Haidt, who I’ve featured here before. His work on the social science of morality and the connections to the political fascinate me, and…
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