SCOTUS and POTUS

Random thoughts on the Supreme Court's ruling that the individual mandate in the Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act (a/k/a ObamaCare) is constitutional, thereby keeping the entire law intact: I'm glad I'll be able to include my now-eighteen-year-old daughter...

Problems In Punditry World

Problems In Punditry World

"Those who know don't talk, and those that talk don't know." -- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on media prognostications before the Supreme Court's ruling on Obamacare was announced this morning.The pundits were wrong en masse, but none of them will be held accountable....

Just Answer The Question

Just Answer The Question

Want to see a weasel at work? I give you Michele Leonhart, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency, under questioning by Jared Polis, a congressman from Boulder, Colorado, at a hearing last week... By the way, Polis is a pretty remarkable guy. Aside from being...

The Book Of Polls

What does it say about our presidential election that, according to a new Gallup poll, 18% of Americans say they won't vote for a Mormon candidate, but 43% of respondents don't know that Mitt Romney is Mormon? It says that a huge number of people aren't paying...

True Lies

The website PolitiFact analyzes claims by politicians and partisan members of the media to determine whether they're presenting facts or falsehoods. Which political party tends to tell the truth more often, and which party gets the dreaded "pants on fire" designation...

Voter Fraud Fraud

Scott Keyes has a piece on Slate.com about how Republicans are trying to stamp out voter fraud that doesn't exist. Despite a complete lack of evidence to bolster their argument, they've passed laws across the country to fight this non-existent menace: Conservatives...

The Bully Pulpit (cont’d)

As to Romney's claim that he doesn't remember the bullying incident, one must wonder how it escaped his memory while it has stuck in the minds of others who participated, like Phillip Maxwell -- a lifelong friend of Mitt's who told ABC News he held Lauber's arm and...

The Bully Pulpit

Now that President Obama has announced public support for gay marriage, and the political pundits are arguing over what effect it will have on the election this fall, there's the other side of the coin to consider -- Mitt Romney's renewed opposition. I'd like to see a...

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