Obama’s Jobs Plan: Deja Vu All Over Again?
Details of the President’s jobs plan are starting to leak out, and they’re not looking impressive.
Rick Perry: The Candidate of Hope and Change?
Ricky Perry is running on “hope and change” (but what else is new?)
Romney’s Plan Of Attack On Perry
The Romney campaign may be finally starting to pay attention to Rick Perry.
Hurricane Irene And The Broken Window Fallacy
Repeating the “destruction creates wealth” fallacy every time there’s a natural disaster doesn’t make it any less of a fallacy.
When Is A Candidate’s Religious Faith A Political Issue?
Is it every appropriate to ask candidates about their religious faith? In some cases, yes it is.
Rick Perry: Social Security Is “A Monstrous Lie”
Rick Perry placed his cowboy boots firmly on the third rail of American politics.
Starbuck and Starbuck in a Starbucks
Dirk Benedict, who played Lt. Starbuck in the classic Battlestar Galactica, with Katee Sackhoff, who played Kara “Starbuck” Thrace in the modern Battlestar Galactica, in a Starbucks coffee shop.
Religious Extremism in America
What are the contours of “mainstream” religious thought in today’s America?
Was Irene Overhyped?
Now that the storm has passed, the media is being accused of over-hyping Hurricane Irene.
Design and Intent: Some Musing about the Constitution
We often conflate intentionality with design. However, even designers may not fully understand how what they have created will work.
Ron Paul: American Foreign Policy Is The Primary Motivation For Terrorism
Ron Paul is again making the argument that American foreign policy has contributed to terrorism. He’s more right than wrong.
GOP 2012 Race A Replay Of 2008 Democratic Race?
Will 2012 be the Republican version of the 2008 race between President Obama and Hillary Clinton?
John Lewis’s Ridiculous Arguments Against Reasonable Voting Regulations
Ensuring the integrity of the voting process is a worthy goal, not evidence of discrimination.
Madison and States v. the Central Government
Madison went to Philadelphia wanting to increase the power of the central government over the states (quite a bit, in fact).
Ron Paul: The Feds Should Have No Role In Disaster Relief
As Hurricane Irene makes its way up the East Coast, Ron Paul says disaster relief isn’t a job for the Federal Government.
Is “Twitter Stalking” Free Speech?
A case pending in Maryland raises the question of when boorish online behavior crosses the line from protected speech to criminal act.
Florida’s ‘Drug Tests For Welfare Recipients’ Law Is, Most Likely, Unconstitutional
Florida’s new law requiring welfare recipients to pass drug tests seems to clearly violate the Fourth Amendment.
Tea Party Supporters Rallying Behind Rick Perry,
Rick Perry’s rise in the polls can be traced to factors that threaten both Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann
What’s Wrong With Political Reporting?
Political journalists aren’t like you and me. Well, you, anyway.
Madison, the Philadelphia Convention, and Presidentialism
The US came a lot closer to something resembling a parliamentary system than most people think.
Would America Be Better Off With A Parliamentary Government?
Is America’s political system to blame for our current problems?