Americans To Their Leaders: Stop Intervening Overseas
A new poll indicates that most Americans don’t want to see the United States intervening overseas.
Virginia Attorney General Unilaterally Rules That Illegal Immigrants Qualify For In-State Tuition
A good idea, but do the ends justify the means?
New Emails Revive Old Benghazi Arguments
A new set of emails is reviving the old partisan arguments about the attack in Benghazi.
Donald Sterling: Sympathy for a Devil
I’m uneasy about a world in which a private conversation, illegally recorded, can be used in this fashion.
Obama’s Poll Numbers Dip Again, Time For Democrats To Worry
A grim new poll for the President and his Democratic allies.
A Democratic Lock On The Electoral College
The Democrats have a big advantage in the Electoral College, at least for now.
The Government-Liberty Connection: Hobbes
An ongoing set of considerations on the relationship between liberty and government.
The Government-Liberty Connection: Looking to the Founding Documents
The “Founders” founded a government and the “Framers” were framing the basic structure thereof. This should be obvious.
Chris Christie Is Still A Viable 2016 Candidate
The bloom is off the rose, but Chris Christie could still be a strong candidate in 2016.
Republican Candidates Behind In Key Senate Races
It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.
Rand Paul And Others On The Right Denounce Cliven Bundy
Cliven Bundy still has his defenders among the hardcore right, but many people have joined Kentucky’s junior Senator in throwing Cliven Bundy under the bus
Cliven Bundy on Race
Not only does the headline-making rancher have unique views on the nature of both grazing fees and the federal government, he has some positively retro (to use a kind word) views on race.
Republicans Against The Sixth Amendment
Republicans attack an attorney for doing his job. So much for that whole “constitutional conservative” thing, I guess.
Social Mobility and Race in Higher Education
The Affirmative Action debate is too divisive and largely misses the point.
Majority Of Americans Don’t Believe In The Big Bang Theory
More bad news when it comes to scientific literacy.
Supreme Court Upholds Michigan Referendum Banning Affirmative Action In Higher Education
The Supreme Court may have just found a way to end the debate over Affirmative Action in education.
Almost All Of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Have Been Removed, Should Obama Get The Credit?
The removal of chemical weapons from Syria is nearly complete. Does Obama deserve credit for that?
Sunday Morning Talk Shows Are The Dinosaurs Of Political Media
Who watches Sunday morning talk shows anymore?
Biden: U.S. Will Never Recognize Russian Annexation Of Crimea
Provocative words from Vice-President Biden. But, are they realistic?
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