Tax Cuts and the Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Fallacy
Minor fluctuation in tax rates is not the most significant thing happening in the world’s largest economy.
A Primary Challenge For Obama?
Even though it will likely be unsuccessful, a primary challenge against President Obama could end up harming him enough to hand Republicans the White House in 2012.
Aaron Sorkin on Palin’s Hunting
Aaron Sorkin gets “happy” when hunters accidentally kill one another.
Obama’s Sister Souljah Moment?
President Obama’s press conference yesterday, bitterly railing against Democrats in the Congress for being “purist” and “sanctimonious,” is brilliant triangulation.
WikiLeaks Reveals American Contractors’ Involvement In Afghan Pedophile Ring
WikiLeaks’ reveals that DynCorp, a government contractor, provided drugs and child sex slaves to Afghan police–and the State Department helped cover it up.
Obama Defends Tax Cut Deal As Democrats Signal Opposition
Amid signs that Democrats in Congress might rebel against the tax cut deal he struck with Republicans, President Obama took to the airwaves today to defend it at the same time that his base is rebelling against it.
Where Are America’s Pubs? Why, America of Course.
Some DC based hipsters want to know why America doesn’t have good pubs like in London. It turns out, they’re everywhere.
Sarah Palin is No Hunter
The namesake of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” is no hunter, no matter what she might pretend.
Obama “the most Left-leaning President ever elected”?
Is Obama really the most liberal President ever? Not really.
Why Pluto Isn’t A Planet
Mike Brown, who discovered Xena, decided he could not in good conscience allow it to be made a planet. And killed off an old favorite in so doing.
POL 101: To Govern is to Redistribute
Is it possible to govern and not engage in some amount of redistribution?
Julian Assange Charges and ‘Sex By Surprise’
Julian Assange is a loathsome human being. Is he also a rapist? Under Swedish law, maybe.
Michael Wilbon’s Last Column
Michael Wilbon departs the Washington Post after more than 30 years to work full time at ESPN. Here are his last — and first — columns.
Obama’s Tax Cut Compromise: Masterful Politics, Or A Fatal Cave-In?
President Obama is already taking heat from the left for his compromise on tax cut extensions, but will it actually hurt him in the end?
Unemployment, Education, and Voting
The unemployed are predominately poorly educated non-voters. Some argue that they are therefore getting far too little attention from the political class.
Proposition 8 Has Its Day In Court In The 9th Circuit
California’s Proposition 8 faced another legal test in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, and the day didn’t seem to go well for opponents of same-sex marriage.
Raise The Minimum Wage! Be My Unpaid Intern!
Many Congressional Democrats both campaign for a higher minimum wage and employ interns at less than the existing minimum wage, many for no pay at all.
Julian Assange Arrested in London
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Tuesday in London on a Swedish warrant.
President Obama, GOP Reach Tax Cut Extension Deal
President Obama and the GOP have reached a deal on extending the Bush tax cuts that gives the GOP virtually everything it wanted.
Gary Johnson: Yea, I Inhaled. Two Years Ago, Actually.
What will Republicans think of a candidate for President who admitted to smoking marijuana as recently as two years ago?
America’s OTHER Largest Army in the World
The hunters in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and West Virginia alone would comprise the largest army in the world.
Obama Less Popular Than Bush?!
According to a new Gallup poll, President Obama is not only less popular than George W. Bush, but the only president from the last half century less popular is Dick Nixon.
An Historical Note on the 17th Amendment
The states fought hard to retain the right to appoint Senators, right?
How Do You Define “Vital”?
The latest Wikileaks leak is a list of foreign infrastructure sites deemed vital to U. S. security.
