The Election With No Results
There's a presidential primary in Missouri today, but it won't matter -- unless you count the $7 million taxpayer dollars that are being wasted to print the ballots, open the polls, and count the votes. Why won't it matter? Because the primary is too early for party...
Racing To Cure A Mistake
Here's where the Susan G. Komen Foundation blew it in the controversy over their funding for Planned Parenthood -- they made the grant dependent on whether the grantee was the subject of a federal, state, or local "investigation." That's too low a bar to disqualify...
Stop Enabling Trump
The media were suckered again today when Donald Trump pulled off another publicity stunt today in Las Vegas to announce that he's endorsing Mitt Romney for president. What a surprise -- one very rich man who likes firing people supports another very rich man who likes...
One More Moondance
Last week, Newt Gingrich stirred up some controversy when he said that, as president, he would okay plans for NASA to go back to the moon and build a base there. Today on KTRS/St. Louis, I asked astronomer Phil Plait whether the concept was practical, from whether we...
America’s Socialist Pastime
Last year, a week before the Super Bowl, Bill Maher closed the "New Rules" segment of his HBO "Real Time" show with a commentary on why The NFL Equals Socialism. That explains how the small-market Green Bay Packers can continue to compete with the mega-market teams....
Newtonian Moon Base
Newt Gingrich was mocked this week for saying, as president, "...by the end of my second term we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American." Forget the fact that we have an international treaty prohibiting any nation from declaring the...
Less Than Fair
The results of a new NY Times/CBS News poll about Americans' views on tax policy includes one interesting nugget that may help define the path of this year's presidential election. First they asked, "Do you feel you pay more than your fair share in federal income...
In Case You Missed It
From my Twitter feed... An appreciation of "Sunday Morning," the CBS tradition that provides a respite from all the shouting on other networks.Jesse Eisinger explains that, while there are a lot of issues confronting our country, debt isn't one of them. He argues that...