The estimated number of U.S. autistic kids has skyrocketed by 78% since 2000, according to a report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The old have most of the money and power in our society, a trend that is accelerating.

Reebok is rushing to sell Tim Tebow merchandise before its NFL rights expire. Nike is crying Foul.

Is the now-familiar refrain that the individual mandate was originally a conservative idea really true?

Russia is the most significant geopolitical player actively opposing significant American interests.

Most of us with iPhone 4’s use Siri, the voice-activated digital assistant–but for a very limited range of tasks.

The Solicitor General was unprepared to answer the most predictable question on the ObamaCare insurance mandate.

What walking around knowledge about our political system is necessary to be an informed citizen?

The takeover of academic IR study by the stats geeks is complete.

For a change, President Obama and not one the Republican contenders to replace him has gotten into trouble for accidentally speaking the truth.

The man who killed Trayvon Martin has been expelled from junior college because he’s so controversial.

David C. Levy argues college professors at teaching universities are overpaid because they don’t put in enough hours.

TV gave us the world’s first bionic man in 1973. Science is way behind.

A profile of the chief of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center.

Roger Ebert and I don’t agree on much, from politics to movies. But share a fondness for Samuel L. Jackson and a contempt for George Zimmerman.

Jim Yong Kim is an impressive man. But he’s got no background in banking, finance, or economics.

I remember the days when stores were making the transition from the old style brown paper bags to the newfangled plastic ones–in the name of the environment.

The NFL fined the team two draft picks and suspended the head coach a full year and the GM 8 games.

Romney easily has more delegates than all of his opponents combined.

Obama has borrowed slightly more money in 3 years than Bush did in 8. Does it matter?

My armchair pop psychology on George Zimmerman, the man who gunned down innocent black teenager Trayvon Martin, appears on target.

When I saw the YahooNews headline “Law firm fires 14 employees for wearing orange shirts,” I naturally presumed it had something to do with St. Patrick’s Day. As it turns out, it’s even dumber than that.

What the hell was Leon Panetta thinking when he got dressed? He’s surrounded by fit Marines in battle dress and he’s wearing a poorly fitted blue short-sleeved “dress” shirt,* pleated slacks, and perhaps the most askew gig line ever, calling attention to his pot belly.

“Can Domestic Policy Affect Income Distribution?” Why, yes, yes it can.

“Asian” has an entirely different connotation in the UK than it does in the US.

My latest for The National Interest, “Ending the Afghan Slog,” has posted.

Dear Bill Maher and Alexandra Pelosi: The plural of anecdote is not data.

Peter Singer argues that heavy people ought to pay more to fly.

Seven of the top ten and fifteen of the top twenty universities on the planet are American.

Sure, he routinely uses gender-specific slurs against conservative women. But he’s not a misogynist!

The president’s job approval is down. And it’s also up!

Last night’s results ensure the race will continue to the convention.

47 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s performance.

Fox News’ Carl Cameron is reporting on a secret plot by the two most embarrassing candidates from the 2012 Republican field to team up in order to win an incredibly unlikely brokered convention.

Another chapter in the annals of American Politicians as Royalty:

Doug Mataconis’ Thursday posting “Herman Cain Releases Bizarre New Video Involving Apparent Goldfish Murder” got picked up on that night’s edition of The Colbert Report.

A poll commissioned by the Alabama Education Association shows Mitt Romney with a rather surprising 10 point lead in the Heart of Dixie.

The US spends more government money on healthcare per capita than the likes of Germany, France, Canada, Sweden, and Holland!

There are all manner of myths that are held by supporters of both parties. Debunking them is not the role for presidential aspirants.

Did Ronald Reagan’s impending inauguration help get our hostages released after 444 days?

Today, the #stopkony hashtag is trending on Twitter. Here’s why.

Carrol LeFon, better known on the Internet as Neptunus Lex, one of the original milbloggers, has been killed in a fighter jet crash.

CWO2 Edward Cantrell, a decorated Special Forces veteran, died trying to save his daughters Isabella and Natalia from a house fire.

Is it fair to single out the most powerful man in radio’s commentary for attention?