Unemployed And Suicidal
In a press conference today, Jefferson City police revealed the contents of Spence Jackson's suicide note. His mother had asked them to release it because there so many unfounded rumors going around regarding his death five weeks after his boss, Missouri Auditor Tom...
Hiding Bigotry Behind Religion
You've probably heard about the Religious Freedom Restoration Act that Indiana governor Mike Pence signed last week, which allows companies to discriminate against gays and lesbians by refusing to sell them services or products because of the provider's religious...
Ian Millhiser, “Injustices”
Here's my conversation with Ian Millhiser, author of "Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting The Afflicted." We talked about some of the court's historically horrendous decisions regarding voting rights, campaign finance,...
Making Voter Registration Easier
Much was made last week of President Obama saying he thinks voting should be mandatory. One problem: he never said that. Despite the headline on the CNN video below, Obama never said Americans should be forced to vote. He mentioned that it is mandatory in Australia...
Ted Cruz Will Not Be President
Ted Cruz is not going to become President Of The United States. He's not even going to be the GOP candidate in November, 2016. When Donald Trump recently starting making his quadrennial noises about running for president, I said I'd be willing to bet that he gets the...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
In a column entitled, "Despicable Us," Frank Bruni asks his media colleagues to change the way they cover presidential elections, including giving less emphasis on Iowa and New Hampshire, paying less attention to spouses, and two more: Don’t buy tickets to circus...
Why Privacy Matters
Glenn Greenwald, who helped Edward Snowden reveal the NSA's secret spying-on-everyone programs to the world, gave this TED Talk last fall. In it, he responds beautifully to those who say the only ones who should worry about intrusions on our privacy are those who have...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
Nick Gillespie on The GOP's Long Love Affair With Schmucks... In the past, Republicans have coalesced around such obvious joke candidates as businessman Herman Cain, whose main achievements involved management stints at two of the nation’s most grotesque fast-food...