The GOP And The Conspiratorial Mindset
The wacko fringe of the GOP is increasingly finding room in the mainstream of the party.
Air Traffic Control vs Anti-Poverty Programs
Think Progress continues a silly meme: “12 programs that Congress cares less about than averting flight delays.”
First Quarter GDP Up, But Fails To Meet Expectations
The economy grew in the first quarter of 2013, but the numbers were far from impressive.
The Hazards of Red Lines
Has Bashar al-Assad crossed the red line drawn by President Obama? And does it matter?
Mike Bloomberg Suggests We Need To Sacrifice The Constitution
The Boston Marathon bombing attacks are leading some politicians to make wildly absurd statements.
Time To Reassess George W. Bush?
There seems to be an effort underway to reassess the legacy of our 43rd President.
AP Twitter Feed Hacked, Dow Plummets
Why does the stock market care if there is an explosion at the White House?
Sequestration and Punishing the Taxpayer: Air Traffic Control Edition
Airport delays are the latest example of targeting sequestration cuts where the taxpayer will feel them most.
24/7 News Even When There’s No News
A sensational story, little solid information, and instant analysis are a bad combination
Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion
As many as 15 are dead and more than 160 injured after a West, Texas fertilizer plant exploded.
Boston’s Hospitals Have Done An Amazing Job
The events in Boston on Monday were tragic, but there was one shining success.
Self-Driving Cars Here By 2025, Mandatory By ?
Most of us suck at driving. Soon, we won’t be allowed to drive.
Keep Calm and Carry On
We shouldn’t overreact. But we shouldn’t fool ourselves either: We’re not safe.
California Defies Supreme Court on Prison Releases
Jerry Brown tells the US Supreme Court to go to hell.
Social Conservatives Make An Empty Threat
Social conservatives are seeing their clout slip away, but there’s not much they can do about it.
Patent Trolls Go After Scan-to-Email Users
Ars Technica introduces us to “nice-guy lawyers who want $1,000 per worker for using scanners.”
The Hagel Doctrine
My latest for The National Interest, “Hagel’s Three Questions,” ponders our national security decisionmaking.
Divorce And Politics
The American people no longer seem to care if their political leaders are divorced.
Hookup Culture and the End of Sex
Apparently, today’s youth no longer know how to have good sex on account of they’re having too much sex.
Marriage Has Changed; It’s Not Because of the Gays
Ross Douthat bemoans the evolution of American cultural norms over the past fifteen years.
Dark Social: The Hidden Web
The “social web” was with us long before the rise of Facebook, Twitter and its kind and that the old style sharing is actually much more important than the new.
Drunkorexia?!
Apparently, some significant number of people are starving themselves to “save calories” for getting drunk.
