Castro banned “Sicko” for fear that ordinary Cubans would be up in arms seeing facilities that are not available to the vast majority of them.

Judicial activism doesn’t mean “reaching a decision I don’t like.”

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants to install devices in cars to disable cell phones.

Eliminating earmarks is good policy and good politics.

Recklessness.

“Those who doubt that the failings of higher education in America have political consequences need only reflect on the quality of progressive commentary on the tea party movement.”

Desperate Democrats demonize donors, facts be damned.

Citizens United really wasn’t that big a deal.

A federal judge has ruled that ObamaCare’s individual mandate is Constitutional and thus brings to fruition the inevitable, ridiculous result of Wickard v. Filburn.

In news that will no doubt please the estimable Glenn Reynolds, DARPA has taken a big step toward the long-awaited flying car: Flying Humvees

Seems Grayson’s getting desperate.

If Republicans stick to their current (apparent) game plan and just run on not being Democrats, they will have neither a mandate to repeal Obamacare, et al, nor the will.

A shorter preseason and more meaningful games may come to fruition as soon as 2012.

The world would undoubtedly be a better place if Islamic fundamentalism reached even 19^th century Western notions of individualism and gender equality. But cultures evolve over decades, and bans on their practices are not useful means of promoting positive change within them.