This is what passes for “thinking” at the leading conservative “think tank,” the Heritage Foundation. Earlier this week [May 2013], the Heritage Foundation’s executive
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How Republicans “starve the beast” by blocking agency appointments
I don’t know why we are surprised at dysfunctional behavior at the Internal Revenue Service: Any agency that has been denied a permanent director
Republicans use obscure rules to block Obama’s agenda and appointments
Once upon a time, Congressional representatives had the guts to bring up controversial bills, state their views openly, and go on the record with
Activate your BS detector: You’re gonna need it for the immigration-reform debate
Right-wing politicians, their media allies—and probably somebody at work or in your family—are peddling a lot of bull about immigration reform, a topic that
Jeffrey Sachs: “We have a corrupt politics to the core”
In a recent talk at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve at a conference titled “Fixing the Banking system for Good,” Jeffrey Sachs, economist, Columbia University
The shameful background-check vote: Is this any way to run a civilized country?
I watched the comments by one of the grieving parents from Newtown and the President this afternoon in response to the shameful miscarriage of
The strange odyssey of S. 743: Whistleblowers finally get some help
Sometimes there’s actually good news from Capitol Hill. This time around it’s that a bill protecting federal workers who act in the public interest
Looking at political behavior from a psychological viewpoint
Gridlock grips the federal government. Polarization further ensnarls our politics. Political scientists and psychologists are digging much more deeply into the field of political
NRA takes its “no-gun-restrictions-ever” argument to the United Nations
Apparently, the National Rifle Association isn’t content merely to enforce its no-gun-restriction marketing strategy on Americans. [Notice that I’m not calling it an ideology.
Gun regulation is a battle worth joining
“It’s an uphill battle. It’ll never pass.” That’s what is being said about legislation that would ban military style assault weapons. Yet, as I