Help me formulate possible answers for a reader poll asking that question. Considering that some people wanted more than two alternative in the Flash Poll today, I'm taking suggestions....
The story about a Rutgers professor confronting Rep. Paul Ryan at a Washington, D.C., restaurant over the cost of wine ordered by people at Ryan's table rightly has been criticized, including by me. But most of the criticism deals with the professor being a busy-body and...
I was right, mostly. The serious, conciliatory Obama showed up at the press conference today. The only reasonable person in the room was the theme. I was wrong to the extent that in his opening statement and throughout Obama framed the issue as the Republicans not...
That's the question I have, because the French obviously have different rules than we do (h/t Israel Matzav): Syrians loyal to President Bashar Assad stormed the US and French embassies in Damascus on Monday. The crowds managed to break into and enter the American compound, but...
Obama is holding another press conference today, at 11 a.m. , with regard to the debt talks. The last press conference was an unmitigated disaster for him, leading one MSNBC talking head to drop the "D" bomb. My take is that we will see a different...
Sent by reader Ulises, who writes (embedded link added): ...
Democrats have an idea. Let's take an additional $2 trillion from the private sector and give it to the federal government. What possibly could go wrong? ...
Last night John Boehner announced that Republicans were abandoning an attempt to reach a $4 trillion deficit reduction deal with Obama because Obama inisted on $1 trillion in tax increases. Obama always wants new taxes on the "rich." As Michael Alan wrote here, Obama wanted tax...
Not the bumper sticker, you know what. Sent by reader Thomas from Austin, TX: ...
This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: A couple of weeks it was saggy-pants bias. Now its poofy hair profiling. A mixed-race woman from Seattle is charging racism because TSA screeners asked to check her poofy hair...
Don't spy on the labels on wine bottles ordered by people at tables near you, because it's none of your business. Don't then look up the price on the wine list, because it's none of your business. Don't then calculate how long a family of four could live...
Just saw him interviewed by John King Roberts on Fox News, and I have to say, he was refreshingly blunt, as is his campaign website. King Roberts referenced this tweet by McCotter: But I don't know much (indeed, almost anything) about him. I do know he supported...
I knew I should have paid more attention. But the question remains: Did he mention windmills? or at least "wind energy"?...
Last year I documented the saga of the city of Central Falls, Rhode Island, which went into state receivership only to be "rescued" by a new state law which prohibited municipalities from using traditional court receiverships in favor of a new state takeover mechanism. Central Falls became a model of...
In the Spring of 2009, the Obama administration called for the banning of "assault rifles" and .50 BMG "sniper rifles" due to their use in crimes by Mexican drug cartels. Obama dubiously alleged that 90% of these weapons were tracked back to the United States,...
Now I can't say bumper stickers never taught me anything. I spotted this bumper sticker in Providence last night, near Thayer Street and Brown University: My first impression was that this was some sort of political statement, but thanks to the miracle of Google, I learned that...
