Year: 2012

Supposed moderate Republican Scott Brown introduces a law that would criminalize lying.

Paul Ryan is not exceptionally conservative by his party’s standards, but his party is demonstrably more conservative than his Democratic counterparts are liberal.

Stories like this can be found everywhere, and aren’t particularly interesting or noteworthy. But as many as there are, they really do make me wonder sometimes just how naive people are about the current state of this country and its economy. The national debate about who should be paying more in taxes, and how much, […]

Supposed moderate Republican Scott Brown introduces a law that would criminalize lying.

The attacks being lobbed at Chief Justice John Roberts by his former conservative supporters are far more interesting than the general debate.

A lengthy investigation of Fast and Furious by Fortune’s Katherine Eban largely exonerates President Obama, AG Holder, and the ATF, at the expense of insubordinate agents, uncooperative prosecutors, and weak gun laws.

The Supreme Court upheld the striking down of 75% of SB 1070, Arizona’s (GOP’s, really) controversial immigration law, for violating federal power.

A rebuttal to a story claiming bigotry on “the left” based on a poll showing significant levels of bigotry… amongst Republicans.